Two Decades of Service -- A Brief History
The firm started in 1982 as Harris/Fisher CPAs. In its early years, we grew to a staff of 25, providing the traditional range of accounting, tax and bookkeeping services. Because of my background in management consulting, we were very active in analytic and advisory projects for our clients, from 5-year cash flow projections for a condo project to an overhaul of the accounting department and its processes.
As the personal computer became more "user-friendly" we shifted the bookkeeping activities into clients' offices and refined our focus of service. We trimmed the layers of people between us and the client. This enabled us to enrich our communications and relationships with our clients. Therefore, we learned more about each client and their objectives and problems. Truly knowing our clients has let us focus our talents on what is needed.
Michael Fisher served as the managing partner of Harris/Fisher CPAs, a firm that developed a strong reputation for outstanding professional skills and services.
When Michael Harris retired at the end of 2002, the firm name was changed to its present name. Michael Fisher now continues the same personal, involved, focused service that has been the standard in the Valley for over 20 years.
Expanding into Investment Management
Throughout the years, Michael Fisher has worked with clients and their investment advisors. Many times, clients did not know how to evaluate the advice they were receiving and wanted a "second opinion." This led to many meetings with Trust Officers, stock brokers and others who were attempting to influence the client's investments.
Since he had an extensive educational and experiential foundation in investments, this service came naturally. In the mid-1980's, it became legal for CPAs to accept commissions for directing investments. The investment industry evolved significantly since then, and in 2003 Fisher created Leeward Advisors, LLC as an investment advisory firm that accepts no commissions and is free of the sales quotas and influences of much the securities industry. Everything that Leeward does is solely in the client's interest.
Please go to the Leeward
Advisors web site for much more information.