McGladrey Ranked No. 5 on Accounting Today’s List of Top 100 Firms

CHICAGO - March 14, 2013 - PRLog -- CHICAGO (March 14, 2013) – McGladrey LLP, the leading U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, was recently ranked as the fifth largest accounting, tax and business consulting firm in the United States for the seventh consecutive year by Accounting Today.

The accounting industry trade publication's 2013 "Top 100 Firms" report invites readers to “meet the new new normal (NNN). According to Accounting Today, NNN involves growth – overall revenue growth for the Top 100 Firms of 8.03 percent for 2012. The publication states, “This new state is definitely a diligent, hard-working, heads-down kind of normal.”

The article highlights innovation as a driver of growth, and spotlights McGladrey’s distribution of iPads to all employees, as well as the subsequent development of unique apps, as an example of how Top 100 firms are “using an icon of innovation” to spark their own innovation. Other McGladrey activities mentioned in the article include the reunification of McGladrey & Pullen and RSM McGladrey (http://mcgladrey.com/News-Releases/McGladrey-and-Pullen-C...) under the McGladrey brand, the relocation of the firm’s headquarters to Chicago, the naming of a new national industry leader and major industry leaders, the selection of McGladrey as one of six firms to oversee banks in a national mortgage settlement and the acquisition of Forward Hindsight.

"We are pleased to have secured the fifth largest ranking for the seventh year running,” said Joe Adams, McGladrey's managing partner and CEO. "What’s really important to McGladrey, though, is our commitment to truly understanding the needs of the middle market. We then use that understanding to provide our clients with unique perspectives and innovative solutions to help them succeed. That deep understanding and the trust that it instills in our clients, is what helps McGladrey continue to grow and thrive as a firm.”

Visit the McGladrey Awards and Recognition (http://mcgladrey.com/Press/Awards-and-Recognitions) page to learn more about this and other recognitions received by McGladrey.

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