CPA Firms

When Julius H. Cohn founded J.H. Cohn LLP in 1919, Woodrow Wilson was president, Prohibition had just been ratified, and the world was still a decade away from the Great Depression. Many things have changed in the ensuing 90 years, including the company that Mr. Cohn, one of America’s first certified public accountants, founded. Today, J.H. Cohn is one of the largest independent accounting and consulting firms in the United States and the largest headquartered in New Jersey.

But the ethos with which Mr. Cohn founded the company has not changed: “If you do your best to faithfully serve your community, your clients, and your associates, the rest will take care of itself.”

This statement, a critical part of J.H. Cohn’s philosophy, continues to exemplify the Firm, through its network of offices in New Jersey, New York, California, and Connecticut; from the most senior partners to the newest employees. Mr. Cohn’s mission was to create a Firm that would serve its clients and employees with honesty and integrity. The company that exists today represents the fruits of that commitment as well as an ambitious expansion strategy led by CEO Thomas J. Marino. Marino, who started with the Firm in 1969, became the Firm’s chief executive in 1998, and has led J.H. Cohn’s transformation into a leading provider of accounting, audit, tax, and business consulting services.