MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO and WASHINGTON, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Chortek & Gottschalk, a firm of CPAs and Business Advisors, today announced that it has acquired the Washington, D.C. CPA firm of Martin & Wall. Martin & Wall is one of Washington‘s leading CPA firms serving independent federal agencies, charter schools and non-profits.

Chortek & Gottschalk (www.c-gcpa.com) has been an integral staple in Wisconsin accounting and business advising for more than 60 years, while continuing its growth to its office in Chicago and now Washington, D.C. Martin & Wall’s audit and accounting practice has become a division of C&G.

“In addition to expanding our geographic presence, we’ve found the perfect partner for integration and continued growth,” Chortek & Gottschalk Managing Partner Greg Junek said. “Martin & Wall has the utmost expertise in audit and accounting, internal control evaluation and financial consulting for federal government, charter schools and non-profits. What’s more, their principals, Dana Barooshian and Andrew Martin, will apply their considerable experience for C&G’s audit and accounting work in the public and private sectors.”

Martin & Wall (www.martinwallcpa.com) was founded in 1994 and was awarded U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 520 Financial and Business Solutions in 1998, making them one of fewer than 100 CPA firms worldwide qualified to audit the federal government. Martin & Wall has conducted many high profile audit engagements such as the White House Travel Office, Panama Canal Commission and Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.

Martin & Wall is also one of fewer than 20 firms on the D.C. Public Charter School Board “Approved Auditor List.” Martin & Wall has conducted many charter school audits requiring extensive knowledge of internal control and compliance requirements for federal education, child nutrition and career and technical training grants.

“We are thrilled to become a part of Chortek & Gottschalk team,” said Barooshian, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA), who is a principal at C&G and heads up the Washington, D.C. office serving federal agencies, charter school and non-profit clients. “Our vast experience with the federal government, charter schools and non-profits, in addition to our expertise as forensic accountants is a perfect synergy with C&G’s sophisticated work in that area.”

“The philosophy of both firms is so similar,” said Martin, who was recently appointed by the Governor of Nevada in January 2010 to serve a two-year term as a member of the Nevada Economic Forum, and who recently completed his term on the Clark County School District Bond Oversight Committee (largest school district in the country). “C&G and Martin & Wall have been built on longstanding client relationships, which enjoy working with all the resources that our firms can bring to bear, with a fully integrated team.”

Chortek & Gottschalk

Chortek & Gottschalk is a full service accounting and business-advisory firm that has served Wisconsin for more than 60 years. The firm has grown to more than 40 professionals, with offices in three locations – Milwaukee (headquarters), Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Services are offered in a variety of practice areas including; audit and accounting; tax planning and compliance; information technology; fraud and litigation support consulting; mergers and acquisitions; and business valuations. Industries served in both the public and private sector include; manufacturing; construction; transportation; distribution; real estate; family office; federal agencies, charter schools and non-profits.

Chortek & Gottschalk is a member of the Alliott Group, a worldwide alliance of independent professional service firms, as well as the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center.

Chortek & Gottschalk: www.c-gcpa.com

Martin & Wall, a Division of C&G: www.martinwallcpa.com

SOURCE Chortek & Gottschalk