L&A has provided continuous value and quality service to our clients. Founded in 1997 by Sherry Lauterbach and Ron Amen, the firm provides clients with accurate, timely and personalized services that combine large-firm capabilities with small-firm values. Through the years, our services have evolved to meet the growing demands of our clients in the governmental, nonprofit and private sectors.
Today, our firm’s strong foundation and modern technologies ensure that our clients meet their goals and enjoy success while we uphold our standing as a leader in the accounting and benefits industry. L&A is ranked as one of the largest CPA firms in the Chicago area, with a proven reputation for being one of the fastest-growing firms nationwide.
We aim to attract and keep exceptionally skilled team members who align with our fundamental values: respect, teamwork, balance, and passion. This commitment is geared towards serving our clients as the premier professional service provider. Our profound expertise and competency will establish an unparalleled personal client relationship. Simultaneously, we foster a challenging and rewarding culture for our team members, aiming at personal and professional growth and development.
We hold in high regard and acknowledge the ideas, contributions, and dedicated efforts of our valued clients and team members. This dedication fosters an exceptional professional atmosphere, one that both clients and team members take pride in supporting.
We are dedicated to fostering equilibrium across work, life, and community within our firm's ecosystem. We firmly believe that nurturing balance empowers our firm to deliver exceptional service to our employees and clients.
Our firm respects the ideas, contributions, and hard work of our valued team members , which creates an environment they are proud to support.
Our leadership believes in the importance of work-life balance. We believe our team is best equipped to deliver outstanding service to our clients when they embrace a healthy, sustainable, balanced lifestyle.
We understand that success relies on collaboration, and our finest work emerges in an environment that promotes teamwork. Our culture extends this collaborative ethos to include our clients, creating a synergy that enhances the services we deliver.
We take pride in the fact that each member of our team wholeheartedly believes in the services we offer and the value they contribute to our clients. Our commitment to delivering the utmost quality in services extends not only to our clients but also internally to our team members, reflecting our unwavering dedication.
We commit to delivering services to our clients with a dedication to excellence and altruism. As a firm, we are unwavering in our commitment to upholding not only the legally mandated professional standards and guidelines but also strict moral standards. Our pride lies in the value we bring to our clients through our exceptional client service approach.
Our team of highly-skilled individuals is dedicated to providing outstanding client service while maintaining our industry’s high standards of excellence, confidentiality and professionalism. Each client engagement is assigned a team of highly skilled, experienced and equipped L&A team members.
L&A retains membership in professional organizations that serve the financial and management staffs of governments. These organizations include:
L&A has authored several published articles for the growing governmental sector and our informative and well-received annual training courses provide a value-added service to our clients. We have presented for many of the above professional organizations as well as the following:
Our firm is committed to the clients we serve and the communities in which we live. Our partners and staff are committed to many deserving non-profit organizations. We are thankful to employ people that share our firm’s charitable spirit by regularly volunteering their time, resources, and talents.
L&A has partnered with these charitable organizations to support our local community.
Each year, L&A works with Hesed House to adopt two families in the DuPage County area. In addition to donating essential, everyday items to the families, our firm purchases items from their family holiday wish lists.
Through the Ronald McDonald House, families with children undergoing medical treatment can receive - at no cost to them - housing, meals and a true support system. L&A partners with the Winfield chapter of the Ronald McDonald House to donate both time and money in the preparation and delivery of home-cooked meals to families who stay at the property during their child’s medical treatments.
Providing meals to malnourished children is another way we give back through the non-profit organization Feed My Starving Children. L&A team members have volunteered their time to hand-pack nutritionally complete meals that are shipped to children worldwide.
