Fort Worth Business Press, June 2, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 21 | Page 9

news fwbusinesspress.com | June 2 - 8, 2014 9 A fresh start Hartman Leito & Bolt partners form new accounting firm for smaller mid-market [email protected] 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