CPA, Partner - Washington Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Tom W. Buescher joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in the summer of 1970 as a staff accountant. He was promoted to the position of manager in 1976. The duties of this position included review of the Washington office's audited, reviewed and compiled financial reports and workpapers for compliance with U.S. generally accepted auditing standards and procedures. Mr. Buescher was admitted as a partner in 1985. He is currently the partner in charge of the Washington office and the administrative partner of the Firm. Additional responsibilities include managing the Federal and State income tax return procedures of the Firm and providing quality services to clients.

CPA, Managing Partner - Chesterfield Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Robert B. Offerman joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 1975 as a staff accountant. He was promoted to senior staff accountant in 1977, director of accounting and auditing in 1985, partner in 1994 and managing partner in 1999. Mr. Offerman has a broad range of experience and responsibilities, including audited engagements, management systems, accounting systems and varying tax and government reporting services. In 1984 he was assigned the responsibility of managing the Firm’s ERISA Department (Pension and Profit Sharing Plans), which includes giving technical assistance to our personnel, planning for and advising clients and drafting plan documents with related government information returns. In 1994 he was assigned the responsibility of managing the Firm’s Accounting and Auditing Department, which includes establishing policies and procedures on a Firm-wide basis to assure that all the Firm’s Accounting and Auditing engagements are performed in accordance with applicable professional standards and that all client reports are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted reporting standards of the profession.
In 1999 he was elected to the position of managing partner to provide the leadership and vision for the Firm into the 21 st century. In this role he is responsible for providing the strategic direction for the Firm, the development of plans and assignment of personnel to support those objectives.

CPA, Partner - Washington Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Rita A. Griesheimer joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 1975 as a staff accountant and was promoted to partner in 1998. Her responsibilities include supervising other accountants in the many facets of personal and corporate taxation and financial statement reports. Mrs. Griesheimer also supervises many of the more complex estate and trust returns.

CPA, Partner - Chesterfield Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Michael D. Williams joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 1987, received his CPA certificate in 1989, and accepted as partner in 1998.  He has managed work done for various cities, districts, and other political subdivisions and nonprofit agencies, including consulting projects and work with federal program audits.  In 1992, he was awarded the Certificate of Educational Achievement in the Governmental Accounting and Auditing Program of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  In the last three years, he has attended conferences on detecting fraud, internal controls, grant program compliance, and employee benefits.
    
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is the chairman of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Governmental Accounting Committee and is its liaison member to the Technical Standards Review Committee.  He has been a member of the Government Finance Officers Association’s Special Review Committee since 1992 and has reviewed audit reports for the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Technical Standards Review Committee.  He has been a speaker on technical subjects at various conferences and has co-authored various articles for publication related to governmental sector topics.

Consultant, HBC Consultants, LLC - Chesterfield Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

John Schmerold has been responsible for successful computer system implementations since 1986 when he developed an outpatient laboratory billing system for St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Since that time, he has worked with large and small organizations developing and implementing computer systems for:

• Billing
• Marketing
• Operations
• Accounting
• Decision support
• Geographic information systems

CPA, JD, Tax Director - Chesterfield Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Jerrold D. Rosen joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 2000 as the Director of Taxation. Prior to that time, Mr. Rosen was a manager at a local St. Louis accounting firm. Mr. Rosen has also practiced law as a partner at a St. Louis law firm and has been a manager with a national CPA firm. Mr. Rosen has a broad range of experience in all aspects of taxation including tax compliance, tax planning, estate planning and research. Mr. Rosen’s areas of concentration include corporate and individual federal and state income taxation, retirement plans, compensation planning, estate planning, partnerships and tax exempt organizations. His duties with the Firm include researching tax and tax-related issues, coordinating tax audits and IRS controversies, review of tax files and returns, presentation of client and in-house seminars, supervision of the Tax Department personnel and administration of the Tax Department and its internal procedures, and providing relevant tax information and updates to the Firm’s tax and accounting staff.

CPA, JD, Tax Director - Chesterfield Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Eric J. Winschel joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 2005 as Director of Taxation. Prior to that time, Mr. Winschel was a manager at a local St. Louis accounting firm. Mr. Winschel has also practiced law as a partner at a St. Louis law firm and has been a manager with a national CPA firm. Mr. Winschel has a broad range of experience in all aspects of taxation including tax compliance, tax planning, estate planning, and research. Mr. Winschel's areas of concentration include corporate and individual federal and state income taxation, retirement plans, compensation planning, estate planning, partnerships, and tax exempt organizations. His duties with the Firm include researching tax and tax-related issues, coordinating tax audits and IRS controversies, review of tax files and returns, presentation of client and in-house seminars, supervision of the Tax Department personnel, administration of the Tax Department and its internal procedures, and providing relevant tax information and updates to the Firm's tax and accounting staff.

CPA, Senior Partner - Chesterfield Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

Philip J. Scissors joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 1964 as a senior accountant. He was admitted as a partner in 1967 and served as managing partner from 1989 to 1999. During that period, his responsibilities as managing partner included overall planning, supervision and marketing for the Firm. He currently advises the Firm in the areas of applications of Estate and Gift Tax Planning, Wage and Hour Rules, and other Management Advisory Services, including rate studies, computer applications and other systems work. He continues to have direct client responsibility in the Chesterfield office. He previously served as partner-in-charge of the Firm's western Missouri offices.

CPA, Senior Partner - Washington Office

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Professional Background and Responsibilities

John L. Politte joined Hochschild, Bloom & Company LLP in 1961 as a staff accountant and was accepted as a partner in 1970. His responsibilities included managing the Firm’s Washington office staff and implementing practice development programs. He has been team captain on various peer and quality reviews for the Firm and for IA International. In addition, Mr. Politte has direct client responsibilities for current clients.