Thomson Reuters Presents Awards for Best in Tax and Accounting, Legal

Because of the new challenges brought forth by the pandemic, we added a new category this year for COVID-19 response for tax and accounting,” said Brian Peccarelli, chief operating officer of Customer Markets for Thomson Reuters. “Congratulations to all the winners – thank you for everything that you do to make those professions strong and help your clients.” 

“Each year, we honor the exemplary efforts of those in tax and accounting and legal. In what has been a challenging year faced with new tests, each applicant had an interesting and unique story to tell.

Thomson Reuters announced the winners of their annual awards honoring the best in tax and accounting and legal for 2020. The awards were presented this year at Thomson Reuters SYNERGY user conference, marking the first time they have been celebrated virtually since holding the conference over 40 times.

The winners of the 2020 Luca Award for Tax and Accounting are:

• Woman Trailblazer – Emily Fisher, Fisher PA
  
• Community-Peer Support Award – Tom Bridgman, Hudson Valley Tax Experts
  
• COVID-19 Response – McCarthy & Co
  
• Rookie of the Year – Jeffrey Jackson, Professional Business Advisory Services Corporation
  
• The Firm of the Year – Concierge Consulting & Accounting, PLLC
  

The winners of the Taxologist Awards for corporate tax are:

• Certified Implementer Program – Harriet Hong, Crowe
  
• Corporate Tax Department 
  
• Anastasia Brady, Thryv
  
• Ryan Hayes, Wayfair
  
• Ari Kevelson, NRG Energy
  
• Jonathan Bentley, WestRock Company 
• Cutting Edge – Tonya Cicconi, DuPont 
• Global Corporate Tax Department
  
• Fiona Gibson, Wiley 
• Misty D’Amico, WEX, Inc. 
• Melody Clegg, Baker Hughes 
• Francois Chadwick, Uber 
• New Customer of the Year – Angela Mortenson, Best Buy 
• Trust Tax Management – Patti Crain, Trust Processing Solutions
  

The winners of the Cheetah Awards for legal professionals are:

• Golden Cheetah – Netflix
  
• Golden Cheetah Runner Up – Leidos
  
• Level Up Award – Continental Resources
  
• Spirit Award – FMC Corporation
  

The awards were part of a successful SYNERGY conference for Thomson Reuters which saw more than 6,000 users, an increase of three times from last year, attend the event virtually. Attendees were treated to insights on the profession from Thomson Reuters leaders, best practices from their peers, and entertainment from James Corden, the cast of Hamilton, as well as cooking demonstrations from Andrew Zimmern.

Thomson Reuters also announced that next year’s SYNERGY will be held in Nashville, TN from Nov. 3-6, 2021. Registration is opening soon. For more information, visit SYNERGY 2021.