Warren Averett
Warren Averett LLC (formerly Warren Averett Kimbrough & Marino LLC) is Birmingham's largest privately-owned certified public accounting firm. The firm employs more than 800 people at 15 offices in four states and in the Cayman Islands. Its headquarters office is located at 2500 Acton Road.
The company was founded in 1972 as Pearce & Summerford PC. Jim Warren joined as a partner in 1976 and was named managing partner in 1980.
Warren Averett acquired James A. Stroud & Associates in 1988, Powell & Company in 1993, and Burton, Canaday, Moore & Carr in 1995. It acquired the Birmingham office of Joseph Decosino & Co. in 1998 and Lapidus, Tuck & Raymond in 1999.
Warren Averett acquired Goodgame Burleson and Kirkland & Co. in 2004, and then picked up the banking practice of Schauer Taylor PC, in June 2008.
Warren was succeeded by CEO Jim Cunningham in 2011. He oversaw the acquisition of Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen of Atlanta, Georgia and Pender Newkirk & Co. of Tampa, Florida in January 2013. In 2017 Warren Averett acquired Charlie Haines' Kinsight, a fee-based wealth management advisor with offices at 600 University Park Place.
Mary Elliot was named as Cunningham's successor in 2018.
Warren Averett spun off its wealth management advisory, later rebranded as Waverly Advisors, in 2021.
References
- "Two CPA firms merge." (October 10, 1995) Birmingham Post-Herald, p. C1
- Jarvis, Crystal (May 19, 2008) "Warren Averett acquires Schauer Taylor." Birmingham Business Journal
- Diel, Stan (January 8, 2013) "Birmingham accounting firm Warren Averett acquires Atlanta, Tampa firms." The Birmingham News
- Seale, Michael (April 5, 2017) "Warren Averett Asset Management acquisition creates Alabama's largest fee-only advisory firm." Birmingham Business Journal
- Graves, Brian (September 15, 2023) "Warren Averett ranked as best firm to work for by ‘Accounting Today’." The Anniston Star
External links
- Warren Averett website