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For over 50 years, the accountants who comprise Warren Averett Wilson Price have served their clients and community through a philosophy of respect, trust and hard work that was ingrained from the founding fathers.

In 1957 James W. Wilson, Sr. hung up his shingle and formed the firm James W. Wilson, CPA.  John Price joined Wilson in 1958; through the years other CPAs were added to the firm, along with offices in several cities in Alabama.  Carl Barranco and James Billingsley were added as partners in 1968, and the firm name was subsequently changed to Wilson, Price, Barranco & Billingsley, CPAs.

In 1978 accountants from another local CPA firm formed a partnership led by Louie Blankenship and Frank Lamar.  Tom Gilliland and Tom Hicks were later admitted as partners, and the firm name changed to Blankenship, Lamar, Gilliland & Hicks.

As both firms continued to grow, the partners realized that joining these two firms would enable them to serve their clients better with a higher degree of specialized services, from being able to consolidate shared costs to the fulfillment of destiny.  On January 1, 1997, Blankenship, Lamar, Gilliland & Hicks merged with Wilson, Price, Barranco & Billingsley to form Wilson, Price, Barranco, Blankenship & Billingsley, P.C.

The certified public accounting firms of Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino, LLC, Wilson, Price, Barranco, Blankenship & Billingsley, P.C. and O’Sullivan Creel, LLP announced the joining of their firms effective January 1, 2012. This strategic move takes three significant firms, each a dominant provider in their respective markets, and creates one firm offering expanded reach and resources, additional service solutions and strengthened depth of expertise, with the same level of personal client service. With more than 550 team members and 12 offices spanning from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf of Mexico, the combined firm of Warren Averett, LLC will rank among the top 35 firms in the nation and within the top 5 largest southeastern firms.

From our humble beginnings in 1957 to one of the Southeast’s largest local CPA firms, Warren Averett Wilson Price is known by its clients and peer group to be innovative business advisors who provide objective advice and individualized solutions.

We take pride in setting the standard for excellence through the implementation of quality standards in our work product.  Through the company’s commitment to quality, the entire Warren Averett Wilson Price team of consultants maintains the highest level of service and compliance with technical standards wherever they work.  In the quest for excellence, we leave no stone unturned.

The adequacy of the firm’s quality control system for our accounting, auditing, and attestation practice, and our compliance with that system, is evaluated independently every three years through the AICPA Peer Review Program.  The firm has received Unqualified Opinions in each review for over 25 years. This is the highest ranking a firm can receive.

Wilson Price has a team of professionals with the requisite amount of talent and experience to conduct peer reviews of other CPA firms, including large regional firms throughout the country.

Additionally, the firm is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).  The PCAOB was established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee audits of public companies.

Our firm is proud to be a member of The Leading Edge Alliance, an international network of America’s premier accounting and consulting firms.  Through The Leading Edge Alliance, we have access to the best and brightest business advisors – a peer-to-peer connection that helps us provide the right business solutions for our clients.