Frazier & Deeter, LLC

News Releases

Light the Night Walk Supported by F&D as Corpoate Chair

Atlanta Business Chronicle Names Frazier & Deeter as Third Time Best Places to Work Winner

Frazier & Deeter Rises to Accounting Today's Top 100
Firms List

Frazier & Deeter Names Two Assurance Partners

Light the Night Walk Supported by F&D as Corporate Chair
(Atlanta � 2008)
Leading Atlanta CPA firm, Frazier & Deeter, is proud to support Jim Frazier, founding partner, as the 2008 Light The Night Corporate Chair. The walk will take place in Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, October 11 to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. More than 200 walkers are already part of the collective FD teams. The firm pleges to raise more than $50,000 for the deserving charity.

Fraizer & Deeter has a long-standing history of support for this organziation and is joined by other sponsors such as Target, Seimens, WBS-2, and Northside Hospital.

For more information on walking with team Frazier & Deeter contact Erinn Keserica or Kristi Habib at 404.253.7500.

Atlanta Business Chronicle Names Frazier & Deeter as Third Time Best Place to Work of Medium-sized Businesses Winner
(Atlanta � September 26, 2008)
Leading Atlanta business publication, Atlanta Business Chronicle, named Frazier & Deeter as one of Atlanta 's Best Places to Work for medium sized businesses. In this highly coveted Best Places to Work Awards Program, F&D was selected as a finalist among thousands of Atlanta area companies competing for this prestigious award.

Each year Atlanta Business Chronicle, in partnership with Quantum Market Research, survey's the areas businesses and organizations to find those that stand out from the competition.

Frazier & Deeter Rises to Accounting Today's Top 100 Firms List
(Atlanta - March 18, 2008)
Frazier & Deeter has risen to Accounting Today’s Top 100 Firms List for the first time in the firm’s short 26 year history. Accounting Today, a national trade journal focused on the CPA industry, annually ranks the Top 100 CPA firms in the country based on annual revenue, growth rates and other factors. Frazier & Deeter ranked 97th.

Accounting Today also reports on firms by region and ranked Frazier & Deeter 18th largest firm in the Southeast in the Top 100 Local Firms by Region report. Frazier & Deeter was only one of two Georgia firms to make the list.

The firm’s high rankings in 2008 are primarily due to its rapid growth and 17.12 percent increase in revenue from the past year. Only a small percentage of the firms who have received this honor have achieved such growth without merger activity.
Accounting Today's eagerly anticipated Top 100 Firms report ranks the largest U.S. Accounting firms by revenue, offering both a wealth of statistical data and insightful analysis of what makes the best firms tick, as well as their plans for the future.

Frazier & Deeter Names Two Assurance Partners
(Atlanta - January 1, 2008)
Frazier & Deeter is pleased to announce the addition of Sean Lager and Michael Warren as the newest partners at Frazier & Deeter. Effective as of Jan. 1, 2008, they were recognized as audit partners in the firm.

Sean Lager, CPA, provides 14 years of assurance and advisory services experience to closely held companies. He has worked with a variety of institutions, assisting management with business process and controls over financial reporting, financial statement preparation and financial trend analysis. His financial reporting experience includes middle market companies reporting under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as well as International Financial Reporting Standards. He also provides training and accounting advisory services to middle market and large private companies reporting under IFRS and USGAAP. Lager also specializes in real estate, service, hospitality and manufacturing and distribution.

Lager was recently published in a well known trade magazine. He co-authored an article titled "The Accounting Profession: Under Review." In addition, he has delivered speeches on the new auditing standards from the AICPA and FIN 48 to major organizations.

To contact Sean, e-mail him at sean.lager@frazierdeeter.com.

Michael Warren, CPA, has industry experience with publicly traded and private software telecommunication companies as well as institutions in the hospitality industry. At Frazier & Deeter, Warren serves the technology industry and also works with real estate and manufacturing and distribution companies. In addition to working on audits, Michael provides accounting advisory services to large and middle-market publicly traded companies.

Warren's experience includes managing audit engagements and performing technical research on accounting and auditing issues. His expertise extends to complex revenue recognition and equity transactions.

Prior to joining Frazier & Deeter, Warren worked as a senior manager at KPMG LLP where he participated in the audits of global, publicly traded organizations, including SAP AG, Siemens AG, American Software Inc., Logility Inc., Mirant Corporation, and served as one of the lead technical managers on the restatement of Worldcom Inc.'s financial statements.

To contact Michael, e-mail him at michael.warren@frazierdeeter.com.