10/27/2006 - Weaver and Tidwell Receives Greater Dallas Chamber’s Momentum Award
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P., the Southwest’s largest independent regional accounting firm, was awarded the Greater Dallas Chamber’s Momentum Award for local employment growth last night at the organization’s invitation-only awards ceremony. Former City of Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk emceed the event held at the Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas.
“In the last fiscal year, we grew our local workforce of financial professionals by 24 percent,” said W.M. “Mack” Lawhon, Weaver and Tidwell’s CEO and managing partner. “We now operate a robust Dallas office of 120 professionals and our Fort Worth headquarters employs 102. With a talented staff and excellent reputation, our business is thriving, and we are staffing to accommodate a growing client base of North Texas companies.”
Many of Weaver and Tidwell’s capabilities have also expanded – particularly in key service areas such as construction, forensics accounting services, international services, manufacturing, real estate and state and local tax services.
“We are honored to receive such a prestigious award,” said Alyssa G. Martin, the firm’s Dallas executive partner and partner-in-charge of Risk Advisory Services. “The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is a great place for business, and we are pleased to be adding jobs and supporting our local economy.”
The Greater Dallas Chamber’s Momentum Awards, established in 2003, celebrate companies that have experienced job growth and are making a positive economic impact on the region. Award categories include community catalyst, community investor, corporate relocation and local growth, and within each category winners are designated by company size.
Other winners this year include: Capital One Bank, Citigroup, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, DFW International Airport, Fluor Corporation, Hunt Consolidated, Skywire Software and T-Mobile USA. Certificates of merit were awarded to The Allen Group, Chase, Encore Wire, Ericsson, The MGHerring Group, Mouser Electronics, Precept Financial and Stryker.
Founded in 1950, Weaver and Tidwell currently includes 206 accountants and 230 employees. The firm represents a broad range of clients including large national and international corporations, publicly and privately held businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government entities.
In addition to the firm’s audit, accounting and tax services, its accountants and consultants practice in the areas of international services; risk advisory services; state and local tax; business valuation; estate planning/wealth transfer; information technology; forensic accounting; and property tax. It also performs peer reviews for other accounting firms.
To meet the growing needs of its clients in the areas of employee benefits and financial planning, the firm has two affiliate firms: WT Benefits, LLC, and Weaver and Tidwell Financial Advisors, Ltd.
You may learn more about Weaver and Tidwell by visiting www.weaverandtidwell.com.
The Greater Dallas Chamber proudly supports economic development in the 12-county Dallas-Fort Worth region. Through the Chamber’s leadership efforts, it has been integrally involved in corporate relocation and expansion projects creating increased commercial development and significant job growth to the DFW Metroplex. The Chamber maintains relationships with more than 75 key local community allies throughout the region. Visit www.dallaschamber.org.