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First Year at Hobe: 1978
Dave and high school classmate Jerry Lucas founded Hobe & Lucas in 1978 when he realized his skill set was in public accounting. Since then, he has devoted himself to the firm and its clients.
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First Year at Hobe: 1978
Jerry has transitioned into a new role at Hobe & Lucas, relinquishing his responsibilities for the day-to-day financial management of the firm. He continues to be actively employed as an adviser to the firm and its clients.
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First Year at Hobe: 1992
Bill has more than 30 years of accounting and consulting experience. He specializes in several areas, including construction accounting, manufacturing accounting, and sales and use tax consulting.
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First Year at Hobe: 1991
Jim oversees Hobe & Lucas’ accounting and audit practices. He also works in the accounting, tax and audit practices. In addition, he works with litigation support services, and performs due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
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First Year at Hobe: 1992
In her 25 plus years at Hobe & Lucas, Lisa has developed many long-term client relationships. She specializes in auditing, attestation, compliance and accounting services; focusing on a number of industries including broker dealers, investment companies and other financial service companies, not-for-profits; medical and dental groups; and professional service firms. She also has significant experience working with employee benefit plans, and clients within the construction and manufacturing industries. Lisa is also in charge of recruiting and human resources functions at the firm.
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First Year at Hobe: 1998
Louis joined Hobe & Lucas in 1998. Through personalized service, he helps clients achieve their strategic, financial, and personal goals by first building effective relationships with clients through trust and dependability.
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First Year at Hobe: 1992
Lawrence began his career as a utilities analyst more than 25 years ago, transitioning to public accounting in 1992. Lawrence lives by the philosophy that accountants are storytellers—accountants tell the story of where an individual, family or business has been.
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First Year at Hobe: 1996
Since 1996, Brian has been serving a diverse mix of clients in several areas, such as manufacturers, construction companies and professional groups. Services include employee benefits, including ERISA Audits and retirement plan design and tax, attest and accounting services
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First Year at Hobe: 2010
Graham joined Hobe & Lucas in January 2010. He has worked on a variety of projects and served clients in multiple industries.
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First Year at Hobe: 2005
Melissa began her career with Hobe & Lucas in 2005. She prides herself in providing quality tax preparation, accounting and consulting services to closely-held businesses and their owners.
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First Year at Hobe: 2021
She brings 10 years of accounting and auditing experience, with a focus on financial service companies, broker-dealers, construction contractors and employee benefit plans.
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First Year at Hobe: 2016
She works with a broad range of clients providing audits, reviews, compilations, attest, and compliance work. Ali is also active on several professional committees within Hobe & Lucas.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
She began her accounting career over 13 years ago as an auditor at KPMG in Oklahoma City. She spent 6 years in a corporate accounting role at a privately held, high growth arts and crafts retail company. She is now experienced in auditing and accounting in a variety of industries.
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First Year at Hobe: 2018
Angela joined the Hobe & Lucas team in January 2018. She enjoys working with a variety of clients, assisting with their tax and accounting needs. Outside the office, Angela enjoys spending time with her children and volunteering in their various activities.
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First Year at Hobe: 2023
Bailee is a dedicated and ambitious paraprofessional who recently joined Hobe & Lucas in January 2023. She is simultaneously pursuing a degree in accounting at the University of Akron to expand her knowledge and skills in the field.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Chris joined Hobe and Lucas in January of 2022. He has over twenty years of public accounting experience working at the national, regional, and local firm level.
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First Year at Hobe: 1999
Dave joined Hobe & Lucas in 1999 and brings over twenty-five years of experience to his small-business, non-profit, and individual clients.
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First Year at Hobe: 1993
Dina joined Hobe & Lucas in 1993. In that time, she has worked in a number of areas
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Dyan joined the Hobe & Lucas team in 2022. She is now experienced in auditing and accounting in a variety of industries.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Gwendolyn joined the Hobe & Lucas team in 2022. She has almost 10 years of accounting experience.
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First Year at Hobe: 2023
Ian began his career in public accounting as an auditor for Plante Moran and BCG and Company. He transitioned to several industry roles as an assistant controller for several years. He returned to public accounting at Hobe & Lucas in 2023.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Jim has over 25 years of accounting knowledge and experience specializing in audits and tax services of small to medium sized businesses.
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First Year at Hobe: 2020
As a quick thinker coupled with being extremely efficient and knowledgeable, we welcome such talent to our firm. Outside the office, Jennifer enjoys cooking, sports and spending time with her husband, dog, family and friends.
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First Year at Hobe: 1997
Joined Hobe & Lucas in 1997. He has experience in tax services, auditing, and client accounting services. He has many years of experience in both corporate and individual tax issues.
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First Year at Hobe: 2005
Jorge handles accounting, tax and other services for clients of varying size and complexity, mostly in manufacturing, construction and retail. He has been in public accounting since 1996.
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First Year at Hobe: 2006
Works with a variety of clients in several areas including but not limited to construction, not-for-profits, and professional services. Provides a wide array of tax services to individuals, businesses, trusts, and tax exempt entities.
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First Year at Hobe: 2002
Kevin joined Hobe & Lucas in 2002. He works on domestic and international tax matters for closely-held and public companies, ranging from startups to companies with more than $1 billion in revenue.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Kierstin joined the firm in late 2022. Bringing with her is her expertise in small business taxes, bookkeeping and payroll.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Landon's attention focuses mostly on a wide range of tax preparation for entities including individuals, partnerships, S-Corporations, small C-Corporations, trusts, and the occasional estate, nonprofit, and employee benefit plan.
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First Year at Hobe: 2018
Logan joined Hobe & Lucas in January of 2018. He works with a range of clients, providing tax, attest, and accounting services.
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First Year at Hobe: 2021
Seasoned tax preparer
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First Year at Hobe: 2000
Maha joined Hobe & Lucas in 2000. She provides professional services in the areas of accounting, financial statements, attest services, payroll compliance, and tax return preparation to a variety of closely held businesses.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Mary joined the Hobe & Lucas team in October of 2022. Administrative/Management has been a passion for 25+ years. Her duties include all forms of administrative support for the admin team. Outside the office, Mary enjoys spending time with her children, family & friends. She also enjoys a creative outlet via videography, cooking and traveling the world.
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First Year at Hobe: 2003
Patrick is a senior tax executive with twenty-six years of tax and accounting experience, and strong technical and communication skills. He has extensive knowledge of current tax laws and is adept at recognizing and developing new planning strategies in response to changes in the law.
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First Year at Hobe: 2017
As the Firm Administrator, her position encompasses a wide range of activities with involvement in personnel, finances, facilities, and all other phases of administration.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Paul joined the Hobe & Lucas team in August 2022. He has work experience performing accounting services, attestation and tax work for clients ranging from individuals to publicly traded companies.
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First Year at Hobe: 2017
Shana is now experienced in auditing, attestation, and accounting in multiple industries, with a focus on companies in the financial services industry as well as employee benefit plan audits.
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First Year at Hobe: 2022
Sharyn joined Hobe & Lucas in June of 2022. Administrative work is her passion as she has many years of administrative assisting and customer service experience. She is a married and a mom of two.
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First Year at Hobe: 2021
Tasha joined the Hobe & Lucas team in January of 2021. Her duties include communicating with clients and assisting with administrative duties.
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First Year at Hobe: 1998
Thad has been working with an extensive range of clients since 1998, providing tax, attest and accounting services.
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First Year at Hobe: 2020
Tricia joined Hobe & Lucas in December 2020. She has over 15 years of experience in public accounting working with regional/national firms
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First Year at Hobe: 2008
Vicki joined Hobe and Lucas in 2008 as a manager in the firm’s Tax Department. She has been in public accounting for more than 30 years, and she is a published author in The Journal of Accountancy.
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First Year at Hobe: 2002
Since joining the firm, Yvonne has worked to broaden her accounting skills and now manages GreenSmart Payroll Solutions, LLC, (Hobe & Lucas’ affiliated payroll company) while adding, transitioning and servicing client payroll needs.
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