LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors, bearing the name of one of its two founders, was created in 1946. John LaPorte and his partner had a vision of growth based on hard work, the highest level of client service, and technical expertise, but it’s unlikely they could have imagined today’s LaPorte:
- A top 200 firm serving clients in Texas, regionally, nationally, and around the world
- Over 190 employees working from five offices across the region
- A rich history of diversity including gender diversity: 46 percent of our directors are women
- A wide range of client services that include international services, risk advisory services, transaction advisory services, and forensic and valuation services, among others
- A Houston office with roots dating back to 1949
How did LaPorte get here? With a focus on building client confidence through developing a deep understanding of their needs, demonstrating a service commitment to a broad and growing client base, and always building experience that helps our professionals anticipate the needs of their clients and the industry.
We are proud of the qualities that attract new clients to our firm and inspire their loyalty over the long term. Here’s what we and our clients know:
Understanding Matters
Based on a consultative, collaborative approach to client relationships, we begin our services by developing an understanding of our clients and their businesses. “When you talk, we listen.” And we explore with you what matters most, whether accounting, tax, or advisory-related.
A full-service firm that is industry-driven, the value we bring includes our professionals’ active participation in industry organizations, ranging from energy and real estate to construction and nonprofit, among others. The knowledge that they gain from client experience and continuing education leads to more effective communication, so that our teams can provide higher-quality work with more specific insights. LaPorte’s leadership training, including LaPorte U, builds the skills essential to our consultative, collaborative approach.
LaPorte is also keenly focused on sharing its knowledge with clients. The result is regular blog postings and presentations throughout the year on new industry and service line developments.
Commitment Matters
Over the years, we have learned that true commitment is best tested during the most challenging times. As our clients have attested, we do not shirk from big challenges or hard work. Through the depths and heights of business cycles, we stand by our clients, keeping them well informed and well served. Across our five offices, we operate as “One Firm,” serving clients with a shared service philosophy and shared technology to erase boundaries. As a result, we can offer clients the best engagement staff to help you meet challenges and take advantage of opportunities.
At LaPorte, we believe our commitment to the communities in which we live and work is equally rewarding. Through the volunteerism of our five offices’ staff and contributions by the firm, we committed almost half a million dollars in time and money to multiple community and civic organizations in 2018. Individually, our employees actively support close to 100 community and civic organizations.
Experience Matters
Throughout our firm, we focus on the fluid exchange of knowledge and experience – our long-term professionals serving as mentors to our newer staff and our new hires sharing their fresh ideas in return. We take the same approach in staffing engagements so that our clients are not burdened with training our staff as they move onto an engagement. Our national and international clients also benefit from our decades-long national firm affiliation.
LaPorte strongly supports staff development, and the result is that over 70 percent of professional staff are CPAs and many hold advanced degrees and/or other professional certifications.
LaPorte Means Having Confidence in Your CPA Firm
We know that understanding, commitment, and experience bring value to our clients. And our clients know it, too. From a director of finance: “In my role with a continuously evolving organization, the single-most important thing I am looking for beyond the audit is having a partner for guidance and support and in LaPorte I have that partner.” We believe this is what confidence looks like.