We are committed to providing close, personal attention to our clients. We take pride in giving you the assurance that the personal assistance you receive comes from years of advanced training, technical experience and financial acumen. Our continual investment of time and resources in professional continuing education, state-of-the-art computer technology and extensive business relationships is indicative of our commitment to excellence.

In 1984, Howard Faske, Larry Lay, Ben Ryon and Dick Singhaus formed a partnership to continue their association that began in 1970 as staff accountants at Main Lafrentz & Co., a national CPA firm (now part of KPMG Peat Marwick) and later as partners in Gibson Johnson & Co., a local Austin CPA firm.

The four partners shared the same business philosophy – uncompromising service to the client. Throughout its history, Faske Lay & Co., L.L.P. has been dedicated to delivering quality accounting, tax and financial services in an exceptional manner. Ben is now Partner Emeritus and is serving as a consultant to the firm and our clients.

Sharing the same business philosophy of uncompromising service to the client, Joseph Jistel was admitted as a partner in the firm on August 1, 1999 and Jeffrey Miller was admitted as a partner in the firm on January 1, 2008.

All CPA firms engaged in accounting and auditing services must undergo a peer review every three years to ensure the quality of the firm’s accounting and auditing practice meets certain standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). As part of the quality control standards in place at Faske Lay & Co., the firm is a member of the Security and Exchange Practice Section (SECPS) of the AICPA, the highest of the three sections in which firms may enroll.

Membership in the SECPS is mandated for firms with clients registered with the SEC, and ensures that we undergo the most stringent of the peer review processes. This peer review process challenges and tests our firm and its standards in such areas as assignment of personnel, supervision and review of work, continuing professional education, self-inspection, as well as a detailed review of the quality of our work product delivered during the preceding year. We received an unqualified opinion dated November 2, 2005 on the most recent SECPS review of our accounting and auditing practice.