CliftonLarsonAllen

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (branded as CliftonLarsonAllen or CLA) is a professional services network and the tenth largest accountancy firm in the United States. It was established in 2012 when two top 20 U.S. firms merged: Clifton Gunderson LLP (based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and LarsonAllen LLP (based in Minneapolis, Minnesota). CliftonLarsonAllen's headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a member of the Nexia International accounting network.

History

Clifton Gunderson

Clifton Gunderson was founded in 1960 in Peoria, Illinois, as Clifton, Gunderson, Coker and DeBruyn. The firm's first acquisition occurred in Illinois in 1965. In 1973, its name was shortened to Clifton, Gunderson; it became a limited liability partnership (LLP) in 2001. From 1976 to 1978, Clifton Gunderson added firms in Colorado, Wisconsin and Missouri. From 1982 to 1987, it expanded to Maryland, Arizona, Indiana and Iowa. Expansion continued into Ohio, Texas, and Virginia in the 1990s, and by the end of the decade, Clifton Gunderson had grown to become a well-known regional player within the accounting profession.