RubinBrown: One Firm, A Tradition of Trust

Growth & Innovation

However, by 2004, RubinBrown’s leadership decided it was time to do more than expand services and expertise, it was time to expand geographically. While expanding geographically could potentially challenge the one-firm model, firm leadership believed that the benefit expansion offered of increasing growth and leadership opportunities for team members was worth the risk, and that the firm’s culture was up to the challenge.

The initial expansions, which involved merging with other firms, required first identifying firms that embraced a one-firm culture. In Kansas City, RubinBrown merged in 2005 with Henderson, Warren and Eckinger. Mergers in Denver followed, first with Saltzman Hamma Nelson Massaro LLP in 2010 and with Bondi & Co. LLC one year later. In contrast, an expansion into Nashville in 2015 involved relocating an existing RubinBrown partner to develop a specialty office to serve the real estate industry throughout Tennessee.

“ Having a one-firm culture limits our ability to merge with firms that don’t practice a one-firm philosophy. Cultural fit is essential. ”

Partner, 28 years of service

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