ACCOUNT
CFO
Your Law Firm is a Business
All business owners need timely, accurate financial information and operational metrics to make decisions, solve problems, and plan for the future. Almost all law firms have issues to resolve and areas to improve. If you have the chance, set it up correctly from the start.
Typical Engagements

- Experience based consulting on financial, business, and operations which provide a basis for planning the future.
- Support in balancing time working on the business vs time practicing law so your firm can focus on clients, generating opportunities, and enhancing culture.
- Expertise in law firm accounting, i.e., budgeting, forecasting revenue, and managing cash flow
- Launching, building, and growing law firms by providing key support services and critical advice.
- 20+ years accounting and business consulting experience
- Strong opinions of best practices developed from working with over 200 personal injury law groups
- Monthly Review of accurate timely balance sheets, profit & loss (this is unclear to me.) and cash flow statement (Prepared by client, bookkeeper, or CPA)
- Analysis of financial and nonfinancial metrics
- Regular communication with partner, manager, or management team
- Problem solving as requested
Examples of Other Projects
- Monthly review of accurate timely balance sheets, profit & loss and cash flow statement (prepared by client, bookkeeper, or CPA)
- Assistance with budgeting, revenue forecasting and cash flow
- Review of entity structure and chart of accounts to maximize income tax savings
- Analysis of financial and non financial metrics
- Regular communication with partner, manager, or management team
- Sharing of best practices developed from working with over 200 personal injury law groups
- Problem solving as requested
About Us

John C Guzowski
Partner
John@accountcfo.com
John is a CPA and business consultant that has focused on helping small la firms grow and improve. John understands the financial, operations, and marketing challenges unique to small firms and built Abacus Advisors over 20 years ago specifically to provide solutions and teach the importance of financial information in managing law affirms. After selling Abacus Advisors to Forge Consulting in 2021, John continues to provide fraction CFO and business consulting to a small group of firms.

Joan J. Tesh
Joan@accountcfo.com
Joan is a CPA and experienced CFO in the insurance, financial, and legal industries. Having worked in both large and small organizations, she has a unique perspective of efficiency in processes and managing organizational culture. Her expertise in data extraction, organization, and analysis provides valuable solutions for all her clients. She and John worked together on various consulting projects over 15 years before they created Account Consulting in 2022. Their complimentary skills offer unique solutions for small personal injury law firms.
Contact Us
- 404-596-4485
- John@accountcfo.com
- Joan@accountcfo.com