Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP

1987

Ken Macias founds firm and establishes the Sacramento practice

1988

Practice merged with Ed Pierini; Acquisition of Betty Hahn CPA practice

1989

Acquisition of Ron Clark and Stanley Brown CPA practices

1992

Ernie Gini admitted as Partner

1993

Firm acquires RJ Miranda

Los Angeles offices established

Ken Macias serves on AICPA Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee

1996

Kevin O’Connell joins firm and establishes San Francisco Bay Area offices

Acquisition of Calvin Takuma CPA practice

1997

Ken Macias serves on GASB No. 31 Task Force

1998

Kevin O’Connell admitted to Partnership

1999

Ernie Gini serves on GASB Advisory Committee on the User Guide to Local Government Financial Statements and contributes to What You Should Know about Your Local Government’s Finances, a Guide to Financial Statements

2000

Jim Godsey joins partnership and leads Los Angeles offices

Rick Green admitted as Partner

Jan Rosati joins partnership and establishes corporate services practice

Ken Macias appointed to AICPA Group of 100

Ernie Gini appointed president of Sacramento chapter of California Society of CPAs

2001

Scott Hammon joins firm and leads corporate assurance practice

2002

Firm forges strategic alliance with BDO Seidman LLP to better serve clients with international operations

Ken Macias appointed to serve on AICPA Auditing Standards Board and featured in California CPA magazine

2003

Kevin O’Connell chosen to serve on AICPA Expert Panel

Ernie Gini appointed to AICPA Virtual Grassroots Panel (formerly the Group of 100)

2004

Cindy Pon admitted as Partner

2005

San Diego offices opened

Kevin O’Connell serves on GASB Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Task Force

Public Accounting Report ranks MGO in top 50 fastest-growing CPA firms in the nation

2006

Kevin O’Connell named Managing Partner

Kenneth Macias named Chairman of the Board of Partners

Scott Hammon admitted as Partner

Second Bay Area location opened in Oakland

Acquisition of Essary, Dal Porto & Lowe LLP

Caroline Walsh appointed to AICPA Expert Panel

Richard Green appointed to GASB Task Force on Pension Accounting Research

2007

David Bullock admitted as Partner

Public Accounting Report ranks MGO the 29th fastest-growing CPA firm in the nation

2008

Acquisition of Moreland & Associates Inc; Newport Beach offices established and business support and staffing services added

2009

Ken Macias appointed to the AICPA Governance Council and G400

2010

Merger with Bernstein, Fox, Whitman, Goldman & Baumblatt LLP (Bernstein Fox); Marty Fox, Ken Goldman, Joel Baumblatt and John Blakeman admitted as Partners

Linda Hurley named Partner

Caroline Walsh named Partner

2011

Kathy Lai admitted as Partner

Caroline Walsh named to GAQC Executive Committee

MGO is recognized as one of the nation's Top 100 Accounting Firms by Inside Public Accounting

Ken Macias appointed to the AICPA Board of Directors

2012

Kevin Starkey and Eugene Ma named Partners

Merger with Mensch & Associates

Mark Tillotson admitted as a Partner