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Organized in 1968 with a single
office,
West & Company, LLC has
expanded to become a multi-office public accounting firm serving clients
throughout Illinois.
With offices in Mattoon, Effingham, Sullivan, Greenville and Edwardsville Illinois,
we serve a host of clients ranging from individuals to closely-held
corporations. We serve commercial businesses, governmental units and
not-for-profit organizations.
Forty professionals plus support staff are able to provide specialized
services in the areas of accounting and auditing, taxation, management
consulting, pension plan consulting, and administration, litigation support,
health care, and computer consulting.
We take pride in having helped our clients and communities prosper for the last
35 years.
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We strive to:
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Attract clients of good moral and ethical fiber, who will
value our professional services;
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Deliver the highest quality product in a timely manner;
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Always handle our clients’ affairs in a most professional
and confidential manner;
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Employ highly qualified personnel who will be dedicated
to the needs of our clients; and
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Have fair and reasonable fees that are consistent with the
complexity of the assignment and the quality of services rendered.
In summary, we
at West & Company, LLC, are firmly committed to providing quality
services in a timely manner, while providing an enjoyable and challenging
work environment for our personnel.
A “management
group” consisting of all the Partners manages the Firm.
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Our History
The firm of West & Company, LLC
evolves from long-term relationships and interaction between its principals.
The following will provide you with a history of how the Firm developed and
hopefully allow you to understand some of its character and relationships:
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1968
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Joseph Brumleve, CPA, leaves Guager
& Diehl, CPAs in Decatur
to open a practice in his hometown of Effingham.
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1971
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Bill Dabbs, CPA, leaves Price Waterhouse, Chicago, moves to Sullivan, but practices
in Effingham and Sullivan.
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1972
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Joe and Bill
organize Brumleve & Dabbs,
CPAs and Bill manages the Firm’s Sullivan office.
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1976
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Ken Vogt, CPA,
joins Brumleve & Dabbs,
CPAs in Effingham as a Staff Accountant.
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1977
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Richard C.
West, CPA, joins Murphey, Jenne
& Jones, CPAs in Mattoon
as a Staff Accountant.
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1979
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Mike Boyd,
CPA, leaves IRS and accepts position as Firm’s Tax Manager in Effingham
office.
Douglas R. Stroud, CPA, joins Murphey, Jenne & Jones, CPAs in Mattoon as a Staff Accountant.
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1980
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Mike Boyd is
admitted as a partner and opens the Mattoon
office of Brumleve & Dabbs,
CPAs.
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1983
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Lynn Freese, CPA, joins the firm as Manager of Employee
Benefit Services in Sullivan office.
Brian Daniell, CPA, joins the Firm’s Mattoon office as a
Staff Accountant.
Janice Romack, CPA, joins Bruce E. Turley, CPA, Ltd. in Greenville as a Staff
Accountant.
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1986
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Richard C.
West, CPA opens office in Mattoon.
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1987
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Ken Vogt and
Lynn Freese are admitted as Partners and,
together with Bill Dabbs and Mike Boyd, acquire
Joe Brumleve’s partnership interest.
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1988
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Bill Dabbs sells his interest in Brumleve
& Dabbs, CPAs to Mike Boyd, Ken Vogt and Lynn
Freese.
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1989
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Brumleve
& Dabbs, CPAs merge with Richard C. West,
CPA. The Firm changes its name to Boyd, Freese,
West & Vogt, CPAs.
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1991
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Boyd, Freese, West & Vogt, CPAs acquires the assets of
Bruce E. Turley, CPA, Ltd. in Greenville.
Douglas Stroud is admitted as a Partner in Greenville.
Diana Smith
leaves La Salle CPA firm and joins the Firm’s Mattoon office as a Staff Accountant.
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1993
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Boyd, Freese, West & Vogt, CPAs combine with Arthur C. Willenborg, accountant, the operations of which are
consolidated with the Firm’s Effingham office.
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1996
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Brian Daniell admitted as Partner.
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1997
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Firm changes
structure from a general partnership to a limited liability company and
changes its name to West & Company, LLC.
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1999
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Janice Romack admitted as a Partner.
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2002
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Diana Smith
admitted as a Partner.
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2006
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The
firm opens its Edwardsville Office with Josh Lowe as Manager.
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