moss adams, brady ware pick up local firms; st. clair repositions as a ‘dot-net’
moss adams, the nation’s 12th largest accounting firm, is absorbing neff + ricci, adding 100 staffers and 15 partners to its current 1,400 staff and 180 partners. closing is due after jan. 1, 2006. no terms were disclosed.
in dayton, ohio, meanwhile, brady ware is merging with shaw & shaw cpas inc. in columbus. the deal adds 16 employees, giving brady ware a total of 126 in three cities — dayton and columbus, ohio, and richmond, ind. it also gives brad ware 50 new car dealerships in ohio, kentucky and south carolina as clients. last year brady ware bought miami valley pension llc, one of ohio’s largest retirement plans. in 1999, brady ware merged with another columbus firm, schneider, meixner and co. inc., and bought richmond, ind.-based olive llp. in 2001, it bought a cincinnati-based internet company to boost its technology consulting business and in the intervening years has set up multiple new divisions.
and, in the philadelphia area, st. clair, easton, england & johnston, pc, has restructured as cpa solutions.net, llc. st.clair & associates, cpas, started in 1986, has grown through mergers to be ranked among the 25 largest regional firms in the area. the firm also offers investments, insurance, employee benefits, technology and payroll functions.