Novogradac & Company LLP, a national CPA and consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, is proud to announce that J. Paul Charron has advanced to the firm's partnership ranks in the San Francisco office.

"We are very pleased to announce the addition of our newest partner," said Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, managing partner in Novogradac & Company's San Francisco office. "Paul's professionalism, and his expertise and experience have served the firm and its clients exceedingly well for the last four and a half years. He has shown the insight, dedication and initiative that are key to providing thoughtful leadership and outstanding client service."

Prior to joining Novogradac & Company LLP in 2003 as a principal of the firm, Charron was an audit senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP where he served technology companies, and an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Toronto, Canada, where he served a variety of clients in the technology, retail and consumer products, and real estate and tourism industries. Charron also worked in Switzerland and the Caribbean while at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Charron specializes in accounting and auditing in the real estate and renewable energy industries. His experience includes accounting and auditing of affordable housing projects and real estate partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures for real estate developers, property owners, homebuilders and mortgage banking providers. Within the renewable energy industry, he has experience providing accounting and business advisory services to developers, syndicators, and institutional investors that are working at developing projects utilizing the investment tax credit and the production tax credit. He has significant SEC reporting experience, including periodic filings, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Charron received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, and is licensed as a certified public accountant in Delaware.