Industry Accounting Founded 1949 | Products Professional Services Number of employees 600 | |
Postlethwaite & Netterville, A Professional Accounting Corporation (abbreviated P&N), founded in 1949, is the largest Louisiana-based accounting and business advisory firm. P&N currently employs over 600 people in Louisiana through nine office locations. Its headquarters is in Baton Rouge, with other offices in Covington, Donaldsonville, Gonzales, Lafayette, Metairie, New Orleans, St. Francisville and Houston. Backed by 65+ years of experience, we are one of the largest CPA and consulting firms in the Gulf Coast region and the only Top 100 U.S. firm based in Louisiana.
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P&N provides assurance, tax, consulting, and technology services to individuals and businesses throughout the country. P&N is the brand under which Postlethwaite & Netterville (A Professional Accounting Corporation) and its affiliated or subsidiary entities (“P&N and its affiliates and subsidiaries”) operate and provide services to clients. P&N and its affiliates and subsidiaries consist of the following entities: Postlethwaite & Netterville (A Professional Accounting Corporation), Postlethwaite & Netterville and Associates, L.L.C., Postlethwaite & Netterville, Inc., P&N Technologies, LLC, and Professional Association Management, Inc.
Partners
George P. Balhoff, CPA, CITP, FHFMA
William Balhoff, CPA/CFF, CFE, CGMA
Chad M. Becnel, CPA, CITP
Robert B. Brickman, CPA
Tabatha Broussard, CPA
Lynne Burkart, CPA, CIA, CGAP, CFSA, CRMA, CGMA
Aaron Cancienne, CPA
Sharon Cassiere, CPA, CFP®
Rodney Combs, CPA, CGMA, CFSA, CGAP
Keith Crews, CPA
Tiffani Dorsa, CPA
David Edmond, CPA
Dan Gardiner, CPA, CITP, CGMA
Elaine Garvey, CPA
Philip Gunn, CPA, CGMA
Brook Harvey, CPA
Kelly C. Hidalgo, CPA
Bonnie Hunt Marcantel, CPA, CGMA
Brandon Lagarde, CPA, JD, LLM
Jon LeBlanc, CPA
Michael L. LeBlanc, CPA
Jason MacMorran, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, MS
Vincent Milano, CPA, CGMA
David J. Moore, CPA/CFF, CFE
Thomas Naquin, CPA
Jake Netterville, CPA
Bland H. O'Connor, CPA, CAE
John Piland, CPA, CGMA
Robin E. Pilcher, CISA
Randall A. Plaisance, CPA
William C. Potter, CPA, JD
Gina Rachel, CPA
Wm. Steve Sandahl, CPA
Brandy Smith, CPA
Laura Soileau, CPA
Mark Staley, PMP
Freddy Smith, CPA, CGMA
Brian J. Stagg, CPA
Edgar S. Starns, CPA, PFS
Ralph J. Stephens, CPA/ABV, JD, CFF
Todd Tournillon, CPA
Candace E. Wright, CPA, CFE, CFF
History
1940s
1949 – Alexander Postlethwaite opens the accounting practice that will become P&N.
1950s
1950 – Casey Lea joins Postlethwaite, creating Postlethwaite & Lea.
1960s
1967 – The firm acquires a practice in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
1968 – The firm name changes to Postlethwaite, Netterville, Evans and Major.
1970s
1977 – Jake Netterville assumes the Managing Partner role from Postlethwaite.
1980s
1983 – The firm shortens its name to Postlethwaite & Netterville.
1985 – The St. Francisville office opens.
1986 – The Baton Rouge office moves into its current location.
1990s
1990 – P&N receives the Baton Rouge Business Report’s Company of the Year award.
1996 – A second accounting practice is acquired in the greater New Orleans area.
2000s
2000 – The firm acquires a practice in Gonzales.
2001 - P&N acquires a network integration company and forms P&N Tech.
2002 - Bill Balhoff testifies before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday, March 14, 2002. He represented the AICPA PCPS membership on the “trickle down” effect of the pending Enron-related legislation on over 8,000 small to medium sized accounting firms.
2003 – P&N adds a Northshore location.
2003 - The firm receives the Greater Baton Rouge Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Ethics in Business.
2003 - The firm receives the Leading Edge Alliance's 2003 Innovative Firm of the year award based on its work with the Stelly Plan (named for former State Representative Vic Stelly of Lake Charles) online calculator.
2008 – P&N acquires Legier and Materne in New Orleans.
2008 – Bill Balhoff is named Managing Director and CEO.
2009 – P&N acquires a practice in Lafayette.
2013 - Bill Balhoff is named Chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Leading Edge Alliance
P&N is a founding member of the Leading Edge Alliance, an alliance of major independently owned accounting and consulting firms with over 2,200 partners and 23,000 professional staff located in over 600 offices.