Warady & Davis LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, is pleased to announce that Joel M. Friedman, JD, CPA, Partner, Joseph M. Tamburello, CPA, Manager and Eileen Pollard, Accountant merged with our firm effective December 1, 2021. Warady & Davis LLP ranks as one of the Chicago area’s largest accounting firms with 125+ professionals (Source: Crain’s Chicago Business and Accounting Today, November 22, 2021).
“For more than 72 years, together with our clients, Warady & Davis LLP has grown from an entrepreneurial vision to a thriving business. Our goal is to serve our clients as more than just an accounting firm, but instead to form a trusted business advisor relationship that plays a key role in their success. Together with Joel and his team, we look forward to upholding our combined traditions of excellence backed by W&D’s depth of resources and services,” commented Richard M. Franklin, CPA, Co-Managing Partner of Warady & Davis LLP.
“We are excited about the merger with W&D. Together, we share the same commitment to excellence and high-level of service quality our clients value,” Joel Friedman elaborates.
Located in the north metropolitan Chicago area, Warady & Davis LLP was founded in 1949 and provides a comprehensive scope of audit, accounting, tax, financial and advisory services to a wide variety of industries, business owners, their families and individuals. Through its subsidiary, W&D Consulting LLC, they also provide business valuation, litigation support, expert witness and advisory services.
Biographical information
Joel M. Friedman, JD, CPA, Partner
Formerly of Horwood, Marcus & Berk, Joel M. Friedman is a tax partner with Warady & Davis LLP where he specializes in estate and gift planning, related tax matters, high net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations and not-for-profit organizations.
Joel provides both tax and legal technical acumen and knowledge of the individuals, families and entities that are involved. With his extensive background, Joel often assists clients and attorneys in matters related to taxation, estate planning and business law. In addition, Joel does extensive work in the not-for-profit area. He is President of the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund, a significant donor to many charities.
Among his awards and activities are the John Marshall Law School Spirit Award and the Cove School’s Prism Award. Joel is also the founder of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana campus), which has become the Institute For Sustainability, Energy and Environment (iSEE). Joel maintains an active role in iSEE’s activities. He is also a two-time Recipient of Chicago Magazine’s Five Star Wealth Manager Award and has achieved a Martindale -Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating.
Joel M. Friedman, JD, CPA is now located at Warady & Davis LLP’s offices:
1717 Deerfield Rd, Ste 300 South, Deerfield, IL 60015. 847-267-9600 (Main)
[email protected]
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