Fall 2010 issue of Horizons

Facts About RubinBrown LLP

Leadership:

James G. Castellano, CPA, Chairman John F. Herber, Jr., CPA, Managing Partner Gregory P. Osborn, CPA, Managing Partner - Denver Office Todd R. Pleimann, CPA, Managing Partner - Kansas City Office

expertise in key industries, and have built a loyal client base through long-term business relationships.” RubinBrown has been looking toward a third regional office since it successfully expanded into the Kansas City market in late 2005. Commenting on the joining of the two firms, RubinBrown Managing Partner John Herber said the Denver market and the firm of SHNM provide a perfect fit for RubinBrown, not only for its business, but also for its people. “Colorado currently has three of the nation’s top ten mid-sized business cities (Boulder-1, Fort Collins-3, and Colorado Springs-7), plus it is a strong center for government, energy and technology,” said Herber. “We see future growth in many of our areas of specialization.” “Saltzman Hamma Nelson Massaro has a proud Colorado tradition, beginning as Hamma and Nelson, PC, Denver’s oldest CPA firm, in the 1890s,” said Osborn. “Morton Marshall Hamma received one of the original unnumbered CPA certificates in 1907 (once the State Board of Accountancy was formed later that year, all certificates were issued numbers).” In 1998, the firm merged with Saltzman Cohen Massaro & Co., founded by Meyer Saltzman

# of Partners:

61 89

# of Managers:

Total Staff:

375

Rankings:

• 54th in Accounting Today’s 2010 Top 100 Firms • 1st in St. Louis Business Journal’s 2009 Largest Accounting Firms • 11th in Kansas City Business Journal’s 2009 Largest Accounting Firms • 20th in Denver Business Journal’s 2009 Largest Accounting Firms

Office Locations: Denver

Kansas City St. Louis

in 1976. Similar to RubinBrown, where client relationships are revered and customer service is a priority, SHNM has several third and fourth generation clients who rely on the firm.” Relocating to the Denver office from St. Louis is Rodney Rice, who has served for many years as partner in RubinBrown’s Assurance Services Group in St. Louis.

Left: John Herber (left), Greg Osborn (center), and Jim Castellano (right) join together to commemorate the combination of their firms.

t Located in downtown Denver, the addition of this office is expected to elevate RubinBrown into the top 50 firms in the United States.

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