SingerLewak History
1959
Phil Singer founds the firm that will become SingerLewak.
Bernard Lewak, an accounting student at UCLA whose father was a client of Singer's, joins Phil as a part-time employee. Together they work out of a one-room office in an old stucco building above a client’s grocery store. Their furnishings consist of one drafting table. After graduation, Lewak joins Singer Gottfried and Associates full time.
1961
Singer reunites with Lewak and joins with another partner to form Singer, Ross & Lewak.
In 1962, Ross withdraws and the firm becomes Singer, Lewak & Associates.
1967
The firm becomes Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein.
The new partners are Norman L. Greenbaum and Harvey Goldstein, a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles.
1972
Harvey Goldstein becomes Managing Partner of SLGG.
Requiring more space, the growing firm moves to its current Wilshire Boulevard location. When the firm expanded its services to Orange County in 1979, this new office was managed by partner David W. Krajanowski.
1979
The firm expands to Orange County.
David W. Krajonowski manages this new office, just as VisiCalc, the first commercially available spreadsheet software, revolutionizes the accounting industry.
1990s
The firm, now renamed SingerLewak, continues to grow in California.
SingerLewak goes from 10 partners to more than 20 and expands its client services to include Public Companies among other services.
Today
SingerLewak becomes a Top 100 accounting firm with offices throughout the western US.
Jim Pitrat is now our Managing Partner. The firm employs more than 430 professionals and more than 60 partners, with expanded client services and a robust international practice.
SingerLewak History
1959
Phil Singer founds the firm that will become SingerLewak. Bernard Lewak, an accounting student at UCLA whose father was a client of Singer's, joins Phil as a part-time employee. Together they work out of a one-room office in an old stucco building above a client’s grocery store. Their furnishings consist of one drafting table. After graduation, Lewak joins Singer Gottfried and Associates full-time.
1961
Singer reunites with Lewak and joins with another partner to form Singer, Ross & Lewak.
In 1962, Ross withdraws and the firm becomes Singer, Lewak & Associates.
1967
The firm becomes Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein.
The new partners are Norman L. Greenbaum and Harvey Goldstein, a graduate of California State University at Los Angeles.
1972
Harvey Goldstein becomes Managing Partner of SLGG.
Requiring more space, the growing firm moves to its current Wilshire Boulevard location. When the firm expanded its services to Orange County in 1979, this new office was managed by partner, David W. Krajanowski.
1979
The firm expands to Orange County.
David W. Krajonowski manages this new office, just as VisiCalc, the first commercially available spreadsheet software, revolutionizes the accounting industry.
1990s
The firm, now renamed SingerLewak, continues to grow in California.
SingerLewak goes from 10 partners to more than 20 and expands its client services to include Public Companies among other services.
Today
SingerLewak becomes a Top 100 accounting firm with offices throughout the western US.
Jim Pitrat is now our Managing Partner. The firm employs more than 430 professionals and more than 60 partners, with expanded client services and a robust international practice.Photos of John F. Kennedy, Nixon shaking hands with Chou En-lai, and VisiCalc are part of public domain. Photo of The Beatles used under part of Creative Commons license (Parlophone Music Sweden [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0). All other photos licensed from Shutterstock or Adobe Stock.