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Steven Botwinick, CPA, CFP joined Botwinick & Company, LLC in 1991 after valuable experience with a ‘Big 4’ firm and a large regional CPA firm. With a focus on helping clients grow their businesses, Steven serves a diverse client base, specializing in the growth and management of new and established businesses in several industries, including manufacturing, retail, real estate, medical services, technology, sports, and entertainment.

Steve’s expertise provides a full range of services including accounting, audit, tax, business startup consulting, venture capital consulting, and personal financial planning. Whether working with athletes, regional manufacturers, professional organizations, or international startups, he is dedicated to assuring his clients achieve their goals and exceed their expectations. “We are entrepreneurs like so many of our clients,” Steve points out. “We work hard to constantly improve, and that reflects on the service we provide.”

Steve is a proud graduate of Syracuse University and serves on the Advisory Board of the Lubin School of Accounting. An avid sports fan, he can be found rooting for the Giants, Yankees, Nets, and Devils. In his free time, he spends his weekends on the golf course trading balance sheets for birdies.

Ken Botwinick, CPA is a Partner with Botwinick & Company, LLC and has been with the firm for more than 25 years. Ken specializes in providing accounting, tax, and business consulting services to dental and medical practices. He established the firm’s dental practice and is a sought-after lecturer at dental continuing education programs. Ken has his “finger on the pulse of the dental industry,” and with comprehensive experience in ownership transitions, he assists clients in the healthcare industry to reach their professional and financial aspirations and goals.

In addition to accounting, tax, and consulting engagements with dental and healthcare practices, Ken provides a wide range of services to medium-sized and closely held businesses. Over the past decade, Ken has also played an integral role in the success of numerous technology start-up clients in Europe and Israel. By providing specialized tax guidance and back-office support, Ken has supported many entities as they transitioned from one-person organizations to 100-person venture-capital-backed enterprises.

Ken’s client service philosophy is to take a “team approach” to engagements and provides clients with highly effective strategies and solutions. The result is low employee turnover and quality client service at the highest level. The firm’s staff and management collaborate and work closely together, and the clients reap the benefits. Ken also fosters continuing education at the firm to keep the partners and the staff up to date on new legislative changes, including emerging economic stimulus tax credits.

Michael Emr, CPA is a Partner with Botwinick & Company, LLC and has been with the firm since 2008. Michael’s practice encompasses tax compliance and accounting services for small to mid-sized businesses, individuals, and trusts and estates. He has extensive experience representing clients in front of the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities, and resolving matters that include the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Michael also has significant experience with estate tax audits, compliance reporting issues, voluntary disclosures, installment agreements, and personal and corporate income tax audits.

With over 25 years of experience in public accounting, Michael’s has broad expertise in taxation and tax planning strategies, including corporate, partnership, trust and estate, and individual tax compliance. Michael has in-depth experience with high-level income tax compliance services, including multi-state allocations and consolidations. His accounting and advisory services also include corporate reorganizations, bank financing and capitalization, and financial planning.

Michael’s background includes management and leadership positions, serving as an executive for a financial services corporation and as a member of the Board of Directors for various non-profit groups. He takes pride in providing a high level of client service, developing close relationships with clients, and helping clients reach their goals and achieve success.