Partners
Debra A. Turner, CPAManaging Partner, Charleston
Partner-in-Charge of Lowcountry Economic Unit
Education: College of Charleston – B.S. Business Administration
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA (Council-1998), AICPA Personal Finance Division, SCACPA president - 1997), Licensed Independent Network of CPA Financial Planners, Charleston Estate Planning Council, South Carolina Board of Accountancy
Practice Area: Medical Practice Management, Tax Services, and Estate Planning
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Laura M. DuRant, CPA
Partner, Myrtle Beach
Partner-in-Charge of Grand Strand Economic Unit
Education: University of South Carolina at Coastal (now CCU) – B.A. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, South Carolina Tax Council
Practice Area: Tax Compliance and Consulting
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Stephen M. Holladay, CPA
Partner, Florence
Partner-in-Charge of Florence Economic Unit
Education: Francis Marion University – B.B.A. Accounting (summa cum laude)
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Pee Dee Chapter SCACPA President - 1999
Practice Area: Tax Compliance and Consulting
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Anthony C. Wrobel, CPA
Partner, Sumter and Columbia
Partner-in-Charge of Midlands Economic Unit
Education: Indiana University – B. S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Rotary
Practice Area: Tax specialization in Automotive and Specialized Manufacturing Niches, Client Representation before the IRS
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Ellen K. Adkins, CPA
Partner, Summerville
Director of Quality Assurance
Affiliations: AICPA; AICPA Technical Standards Committee; SCACPA; SCACPA Technical Standards and Peer Review Committees; Government Finance Officers Association Special Review Committee
Practice Areas: Audit, Small Business Consulting, and Tax Services
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Robert L. Benson, CPA
Partner, Sumter
Education: Newberry College – B. S. Business Administration
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, SCACPA Information Technology Committee, Sertoma Club
Practice Area: Tax, Business Advisory Services, and Information Technology
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Carol Beverly, CPA, CEBS
Partner, Florence
Director of Employer Services Group
Education: Francis Marion University – B.B.A. Accounting; Master’s in Business Administration; Certified Employee Benefit Specialist-International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Affiliations: AICPA, SCACPA, International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialist
Practice areas: Retirement and Section 125 Plan Administration and Consulting, Payroll Services
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Martha H. Bryan, CPA
Partner, Summerville
Education: College of Charleston – B.S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Rotary, Children in Crisis
Practice Area: Tax, Audit, and Business Advisory Services
Bobby R. Creech, Jr., CPAPartner, Charleston
Director of Tax & Business Advisory Service Groups for Lowcountry Economic Unit
Education: College of Charleston – B.S. Business Administration
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA president (2001); Coastal Chapter of SCACPA president (1998); served as chairman of SCACPA Public Relations Committee and on the Government Finance Officers Association Special Review Committee; chairman, SC Board of Accountancy
Practice Area: Income and Estate Taxation, Qualified Intermediary, and Eldercare Services
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Thomas E. Fitzsimmons, CPA
Partner, Florence
Director of Audit Group
Education: Penn State University – B.S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Pee Dee Chapter SCACPA, Rotary
Practice Area: Audit & Attestation Services
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Nelda D. Fields, FACMPE, FHFMA
Partner, Charleston
Director of Healthcare Group
Education: Francis Marion University- B.S. Business Administration; Charleston Southern University -Master’s in Business Administration
Affiliations: Fellow, Healthcare Financial Management Associations(HFMA), Fellow, American College Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE/MGMA)
Practice areas: Healthcare & Physician Practice Management
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W. Michael Grady, CPA, CVA, CM&AA
Partner, Florence
Director of Management Consulting Services
Education: East Carolina University – B.S. Business Administration, University of Alabama - Master’s in Accounting, Circuit Court Civil Mediator Training Program, CVA Accreditation
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, NCACPA, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, and Certified M&A Advisor
Practice Area: Management Consulting Services
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James R. King, CPA, CVA, CFE
Partner, Sumter
Director of Forensic Investigative Accounting
Education: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill – B.S. Business Administration, CVA and CFE accreditation
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Institute of Business Appraisers, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, SCACPA - President’s Award - 1995
Practice Area: Business Valuations, Forensic and Investigative Accounting
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John J. Leahey, CPA
Partner, Florence
Education: Saint Francis University – B. A. Mathematics, Concentration in Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Institute of Management Accountants, Habitat for Humanity
Practice Area: Tax & Retirement Planning, Medical Practice Management
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Robert M. Moïse, CPA, CVA
Partner, Charleston
Education: University of South Carolina – B.S. Accounting, Master’s of Accountancy
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, NACVA, US Tax Court Bar
Practice Area: Income, Estate and Gift Tax Compliance and Consulting, IRS Practice and Procedures
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Frank M. Rogers IV, CPA
Partner, Florence
Education: University of South Carolina – B.S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Kiwanis
Practice Area: Specializes in advising family owned businesses in the areas of corporate and individual income tax planning, estate planning, and succession planning..
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James E. Rozier, CPA
Partner, Myrtle Beach
Director of Tax for Grand Strand Economic Unit
Education: University of South Carolina – B. S. Accounting (magna cum laude), Master's of Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Grand Strand Chapter SCACPA President - 1998, Rotary
Practice Area: Estate & Trust Compliance, Individual and Entity Tax
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H. McRoy Skipper, Jr., CPA
Partner, Georgetown
Education: Charleston Southern – B.S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA president - 1995), Institute of Management Accountants, South Carolina Board of Accountancy, Rotary
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Wesley A. Way, CPA
Partner, Florence
Director of Business Advisory Services Group for Florence Economic Unit
Education: University of South Carolina – B.S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA
Practice Area: Small Business Consulting for General Accounting and Computer Accounting Applications
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Betsy M. Williams, CPA, CFP®
Partner, Summerville
Education: Clemson University – B.S. Accounting; College of Charleston – M.S. in Accountancy
Affiliations: AICPA, SCACPA, Financial Planning Association, Financial Planning Association – SC Chapter
Practice areas: Employee Benefit Plan Audits, Reviews & Audits of For-Profit Businesses, Business Advisory Services, and Tax Compliance and Consulting
Victor C. Webster, CPA
Of Counsel
Education: University of South Carolina – B.S. Accounting, M.S. Business Administration
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, AICPA Governing Council; SCACPA (President-1999); SCACPA-President’s Cup Award - 1997; Pee Dee Chapter, SCACPA; SCACPA Outstanding Service to the Profession Award (2002); Florence Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year (2000)
Practice Area: Physician Practice Management.
Partners Emeritus
Steve C. West, CPA
Partner Emeritus, Florence
Education: University of South Carolina – B.S. Accounting
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Pee Dee Chapter SCACPA president - 1977
Practice Area: Tax Compliance and Consulting
D.G.F. Bultman, CPA
Partner Emeritus, Sumter
Education: University of North Carolina – B.S. Commerce, 1948
Affiliations/Honors: AICPA, SCACPA, Rotary
Practice Area: Tax Compliance and Consulting
