Lavine Lofgren Morris & Engelberg, LLP

Operating since 1985 and describing itself as San Diego's largest local accounting firm, LLME works mainly with closely-held businesses and the individuals behind them. The industry list runs from real estate, construction and manufacturing and distribution to technology and life sciences, hospitality, nonprofits and start-ups — and, less usually for a general practice, professional athletes. Five service lines carry the work: accounting, audit and review, business tax, individual/trust/estate tax, and transactional consulting on mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and ownership transitions. The accounting side spans full bookkeeping and month-end close through to controller services, job costing, KPI dashboards and QuickBooks Online or Desktop setup and cleanup. Partners are said to work directly with clients. Membership of BKR, an international network of independent accounting firms, backs work for clients elsewhere in the US and abroad. The firm runs a spring internship program and publishes monthly newsletters segmented by industry. Its IRS register match covers both CPA and attorney credentials.