Hancock Askew & Co., LLP has been helping clients succeed for 100 years!
The Beginning...
In 1910, Charles Neville left the electric industry to start his own accounting and auditing firm named The Charles Neville Audit Co. His office was located in the Savannah Bank and Trust Building at 109 Gwinnett Street in Savannah, Georgia. Neville changed the name of the firm to Charles Neville & Co. in 1914.
Mack H. Barnes, Sr. and J. T. McIver joined the firm as partners in 1918, changing the name of the firm to Neville, McIver, Barnes & Co. The firm operated under this name until Neville and McIver retired from the firm in 1933.
...Askew's Path...
Barnes renamed the firm M. H. Barnes & Co. in 1934 and moved the firm to 15 Drayton Street in 1938. That same year, Walter C. Askew, Jr. came to work for Barnes as an accountant. Askew was offered a position as partner in 1949, along with William A. Mills. The firm became Barnes, Askew, Mills & Co. and operated under that name until 1961. During that time, the office was moved to 24 Drayton Street and Walter C. Askew, III came to work for his father.
...Hancock's Path…
In 1945, Donald F. Stewart began his own accounting firm on Bay Street named Donald Stewart, CPA. The name was changed to Stewart & Hancock, CPA's when James Hancock, Jr. joined the firm as a partner in 1956. Irwin Mazo started working there that same year and became a partner in 1957 after Stewart retired. The firm was renamed as Hancock, Mazo & Co. and operated under that name until 1965.
...Hancock & Askew Join...
Askew joined with Hancock and Mazo in 1966 to form Hancock, Mazo & Askew, CPA's. The firm was moved to 570 E. York Street in 1973, where it remained until 2005. The named was changed one final time in 1975 after Mazo left the firm and Hancock Askew & Co., LLP was born.
...Brand New Facility...
In August 2005, Hancock Askew & Co., LLP moved to the firm's newly constructed facility located at 100 Riverview Drive. The 3-story building and surrounding land provide the prestigious accounting firm with plenty of room for continued growth in the future.
Merge with Jackson, Reece and Scott, PC (JRS) in 2011
Combination expands Atlanta Service Offerings
ATLANTA, GA - Jackson, Reece and Scott, PC (JRS), has joined forces with Hancock, Askew & Co., LLP (HAC), a regional accounting firm with offices in Atlanta and Savannah. The combined firm will operate as Hancock Askew & Co., LLP and it's Atlanta offices are relocated at 275 Scientific Drive, Suite 2500, Norcross, GA 30092.
HAC has 3 partners and approximately 20 professionals serving the Atlanta area with 10 partners and 60 professionals firm-wide. This combination results in a stronger firm with expanded resources in Atlanta to continue providing financial statement audit services to both private and public companies, internal audit including Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 services, along with tax, estate planning and business advisory services for executives, retirees, business owners, and small to medium sized businesses in a variety of industries.
For 20 years, Jackson, Reece & Scott has been a leading firm in the Atlanta area and has served as a trusted business partner, assisting growth-oriented, private businesses; entrepreneurs; and high-net-worth individuals. JRS has earned an excellent reputation for technical quality and client service. Russell Reece is a founding partner of JRS and will head up the Atlanta HAC office business services group. He specializes in providing accounting and tax advice to closely held business clients and the individuals who own them. Eddie Scott joined JRS in 1993 as a tax partner and will lead the Atlanta HAC tax service offering for high net worth and high income individuals. He specializes in providing proactive tax planning and compliance services for a wide range of clients including high net worth individuals, retirees, trusts, estates, and charitable entities.
Chad Miller, an audit/advisory service partner with Hancock Askew running the firm’s Atlanta audit practice prior to the merger, will continue to serve as a partner in the Atlanta audit and assurance group providing financial statement audit services to public and private companies along with continuing to build the firm’s internal audit practice.
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