Burr, Pilger & Mayer Announces 2nd Major Bay Area Merger; East Bay Presence Strengthened with the Addition of Leibowitz Shumaker Berger & Holsworth LLP.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP (BPM), the largest regional full-service accounting and consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area has completed its second major merger this summer. BPM proudly welcomes Leibowitz Shumaker Berger & Holsworth LLP (LSB) to the BPM Family.

LSB has provided business advisory, tax, and accounting services to a range of East Bay clients, from individuals to multinational corporations since 1981. The partners are: Phil Leibowitz, Mark Shumaker, Marc Berger, and Brad Holsworth.

Stephen D. Mayer, BPM's managing partner said, "We are proud to have the professionals of LSB join the BPM team at a time of tremendous growth. This premier Walnut Creek firm has 4 partners and 25 staff. The addition of LSB will grow our BPM Walnut Creek office to 6 partners and over 40 employees. Our combined company, along with the merger of San Jose's Brach, Neal, Daney & Spence LLP in July, brings a new level of services that we'll be able to provide our clients."

LSB's managing partner, Marc Berger commented, "Phil, Mark, Brad and I have always been impressed with BPM's business acumen and standard of excellence. It is very gratifying to now be part of their successful team."

Celebrating 20 years of service to the San Francisco Bay Area, BPM is the largest non-"Big Four" accounting firm in Northern California with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, and San Jose, 28 partners and over 225 employees. BPM has been named as one of the Bay Area's Top 25 "Best Places to Work" by the San Francisco Business Times, East Bay Business Times and the San Jose Business Journal two years in a row. Additionally, BPM has been honored by Inside Public Accounting (IPA), as one of the Top 25 accounting firms in the country and recently by the San Francisco Business Times with their "Corporate Philanthropy Award."