Kernutt Stokes’ Managing Partner Steven E. Ritchie, CPA, CFE, has been named one of “America’s Top 200 CPAs” for 2024 by Forbes. Ritchie is the only CPA in the Northwest to make the list.
This is the first year Forbes has compiled the list and it follows nearly a year of research. The finalists were compiled by the Forbes editorial staff and an independent advisory board of CPAs; and sourced from more than a thousand candidates independently recognized and nominated by CPA associations and societies. Candidates do not pay any fee to be considered or selected.
Nominees were rated on a range of weighted criteria, including expertise, innovation, thought leadership, experience, and service to the community and to their profession, as well as responses to selected questions.
“Being named to Forbes’ “America’s Top 200 CPAs” list is an honor. This award, along with having been named one of the “100 Best” companies to work for in Oregon and one of top the 50 public accounting firms in the country is validation that we’re making the right decisions on behalf of our staff, clients, and leadership,” said Ritchie.
Kernutt Stokes, the fifth largest CPA firm in Oregon, is a full-service accounting and business consulting firm established in 1945 with offices in Eugene, Bend, Corvallis, and Lake Oswego. The firm was named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work for In Oregon” by Oregon Business magazine in 2023, and one of the nation’s top 50 accounting firms of 2022 by INSIDE Public Accounting. Kernutt Stokes has 15 partners, 68 accounting professionals, and more than 80 employees. The firm specializes in privately held and family-owned companies in construction, manufacturing, transportation, beverage, and professional services. In addition to core accounting services, the firm provides virtual accounting, accounting software consulting, 401(k) plan administration, business valuation, retirement planning, business consulting and other services. Kernutt Stokes is an independent member of BDO Alliance USA, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting, and service firms with similar client service goals.
