BDO Seidman, LLP - Accountants and Consultants

Chicago, IL – BDO Seidman, LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional service organizations, has announced its expansion into the San Diego market with the opening of a new office. The Chicago-based firm, which has offices in more than 35 cities around the country, had previously serviced clients in the San Diego market through its Orange County and other practice offices. The new office, which will open on July 23 with an initial staff of approximately 15 people, will be located at:

BDO Seidman, LLP
4250 Executive Square, Suite 600
La Jolla, California 92037
Phone: (858) 404-9200
Fax: (858) 404-9201

“In recent years, BDO Seidman has experienced a period of unprecedented growth as companies are increasingly looking for a national and global alternative to the Big Four firms that can provide close, responsive client service,” said Jack Weisbaum, CEO of BDO Seidman. “We have been working with San Diego-based clients for a number of years now and the time is right for us to establish a permanent presence in this important market.”

“Our California practice (Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose) has experienced consistent double-digit growth in recent years. As we have added San Diego-based clients, a permanent office was the logical next step in our expansion to better serve the local community. It is our expectation that we will expand aggressively in San Diego over the next several years,” said Christopher Tower, Western Region Assurance Business Line Leader.

The San Diego business community will now have access to BDO Seidman’s full array of services, which include assurance, tax, risk advisory, financial planning, business valuations, business restructuring, litigation and fraud investigation services. Mary Bielaska, a Partner and Western Region Business Line Leader for BDO Consulting, will also be based in the new San Diego office.

“We are extremely pleased to be putting down roots in San Diego,” said Lee Duran, BDO Seidman’s Assurance Business Line Leader for San Diego. “The market is very much in line with the BDO core practice focus of servicing growing entrepreneurial businesses that crave local client service and global reach.”

BDO Seidman Facts:

• Founded in 1910, BDO Seidman represents companies ranging from Fortune 500 multinationals to closely held private businesses.
• Over the past two fiscal years, BDO Seidman has achieved a 53 percent increase in cumulative revenue growth.
• For three consecutive years, BDO Seidman picked up more SEC clients than any other firm, for a net gain of 146 public clients. (Source: Public Accounting Report)
• As an independent member of the BDO International network (the largest outside of the Big Four), the firm can leverage the resources of more than 600 member firm offices in 107 countries around the world.

About BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO Seidman, LLP is a national professional services firm providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. Guided by core values including, competence, honesty and integrity, professionalism, dedication, responsibility and accountability for almost 100 years, we have provided quality service and leadership through the active involvement of our most experienced and committed professionals.

BDO Seidman serves clients through 34 offices and more than 300 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As a Member Firm of BDO International, BDO Seidman, LLP serves multi-national clients by leveraging a global network of resources comprised of 621 Member Firm offices in 107 countries. BDO International is a worldwide network of public accounting firms, called BDO Member Firms, serving international clients. Each BDO Member Firm is an independent legal entity in its own country.