Fort Worth Business Press, June 2, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 21 | Page 9
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A fresh start
Hartman Leito & Bolt partners form new accounting firm for smaller mid-market
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T
he
merger
of
regional
accounting firm Hartman
Leito & Bolt LLC with national
accounting and consulting firm BDO
USA LLP became effective June 1 but
the Hartman name hasn’t disappeared
from the financial scene.
Frank Hartman Jr., one of the founders
and partners of HLB, has started the
second round of his entrepreneurial
career with the launch of another
accounting firm.
Hartman and former HLB partner Nick Wanzor
have opened their own accounting firm –
appropriately named Hartman Wanzor – one floor
down from their old offices at 6050 Southwest
Blvd. in Fort Worth.
Hartman, a Fort Worth native, graduate of Texas
Christian University and CPA, along with childhood
friend Mark Walton started the company in 1986 as
Hartman Walton & Associates. The company enjoyed
steady growth, becoming one of the top accounting
firms in Tarrant County. James Leito III joined the
firm in 1991 as an audit partner and in 1994 Tracy
Bolt came aboard as a federal tax partner. The firm
would later evolve into Hartman Leito & B