During our 30+ years of serving clients in a variety of industries, we have hundreds of examples of clients expressing to us their compliments and gratitude for helping them with their tax and accounting needs. A few examples follow:

Briggs & Veselka has been our external auditors since the management buyout of our company in 1998. I have worked closely with the B&V team and always found them to be responsive, knowledgeable, and professional. Since 1998, we have grown both domestically and internationally, and B&V has been there to support us every step of the way. They have provided timely research to evolving accounting and financial matters, provided excellent advice on critical business issues and been a trusted member of our advisory team. Accordingly, it is with great enthusiasm that I recommend Briggs & Veselka for consideration as your external auditors.

J. Christopher Cantele
President
QCI Marine Offshore, LLC

Oakwell, Inc. is a 100% subsidiary of Oakwell Marine Services (a Singapore corporation), which is audited by a "Big 4" accounting firm. Prior to the 2003 audit, Oakwell, Inc. was audited by the same "Big 4" firm used by the parent company. We appealed to our parent company to allow us to change accounting firms that would better meet our needs for being a small corporation. Initially, we met some resistance from our parent company as they desired for our books and records to be audited by the same accounting firm that they use. Their concerns were elevated when we learned that the auditors had to sign off by January 9, 2004 (nine days after year-end), with the final financial statements and reporting package due by January 19, 2004. Despite these concerns, we eventually convinced our parent company to give another firm an opportunity to perform the audit and interface directly with the parent company's auditors.

We elected to have Briggs & Veselka Co. perform the 2003 audit. While certain accounting and auditing issues unique to our Company were encountered during the audit, Briggs & Veselka Co. performed an excellent job and met the deadlines identified by the parent company auditors. The service that they provided exceeded our expectations and the process as a whole went very smoothly. Briggs & Veselka Co. interfaced directly with the parent company auditors in Singapore and were able to address their questions and satisfy their requirements

We achieved what we initially set out to do when we changed accounting firms and we intend to use Briggs & Veselka Co. in 2004. We obtained exceptional service in 2003 from Briggs & Veselka and were very pleased with their performance during our audit. I would be happy to discuss this issue in more detail. However, suffice it to say I would strongly recommend Briggs & Veselka Co.

Alex Long
President

Vanessa Rodriguez
Accounting Manager
Oakwell, Inc.

We at Buffalo Marine have been involved with Briggs & Veselka since 1988. Both John Flatowicz and Johnny Veselka have always been hands-on with our account. Also, some of their staff always attends our Board of Directors meetings. We have been able to meet with them in a timely fashion monthly, if necessary. Our financial statements are also very timely. Briggs & Veselka is always consulted before we have any new marine equipment acquisitions. Most importantly, they can be reached easily anywhere or anytime, if need be, for special financial advice and direction.

Patrick J. Studdert
President
Buffalo Marine Service, Inc

Briggs & Veselka have been our external auditors for two years. We have found them to be responsive, knowledgeable, conscientious, and professional. We have a rapidly growing and evolving environment within our company, with strong growth of our core products, new products and acquisitions, and B&V has been able to keep pace with this ever-changing landscape while maintaining the highest level of professionalism. They have provided timely research to evolving accounting and finance matters. Of special note is that they have taken the time to understand our business rather than just review the accounting and finance transactions.

We would recommend Briggs & Veselka to companies similar to ours in the financial services and consulting industry.

Bill Bracken
Chief Financial Officer
Pinnacle Financial Strategies

Briggs & Veselka has assisted us with our audit for five years. We have found them to be responsive, knowledgeable, conscientious and professional. We would recommend Briggs & Veselka to companies similar to ours in the non-profit industry.

Cynthia Lavenda
Director of Administration and Finance
Jewish Community Center of Houston