Our People

Bruce Harrell, the founder and principal of the firm, is a native and longtime resident of Tangipahoa Parish. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) in 1972 and became a Louisiana Certified Public Accountant in 1975. He is also licensed to practice in Mississippi. Bruce serves as the Partner-in-Charge of all audit engagements.

Bruce is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Society of Louisiana CPAs (LCPA) and the Mississippi Society of CPAs. He is past president of the North Shore Chapter of the LCPA and is a past member of the LCPA Board of Directors. He has served on numerous LCPA committees (including past and present service on the Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee). He is a current member of the Kentwood Chamber of Commerce and is a past president of the Kentwood Rotary Club.

Upon his graduation from SLU in 1973, Bruce joined a large local Baton Rouge CPA firm. While in Baton Rouge, he worked with many types of commercial enterprises and public entities. Bruce has significant experience in auditing municipalities, city-parish governments, governmental grants, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations.  In the private sector, he has worked with financial institutions, construction contractors, and firms of professionals, among others. He has attended various seminars and conferences on governmental accounting and audits of city government, parish government, grants, and entitlement programs. Bruce has successfully completed a peer review by a federal agency of a comprehensive audit under the Single Audit Act and a peer review by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on how local CPAs were handling audits of federal grants. Bruce also served on the LCPA special subcommittee that developed the Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide, compliance with which is presently required by state law.

In addition to his formal and continuing professional education in auditing and accounting, Bruce is schooled and experienced in virtually all areas of federal and Louisiana taxation --- from sales and use tax to income and estate tax. His expertise includes an in-depth knowledge of business organizations and effective management procedures and the ability to analyze and advise clients on complex business transactions and matters.

Bruce started his firm in Kentwood in 1977 and expanded it with an office in Hammond in 1983.  He personally has over 27 years of experience in governmental auditing.