Migration of Partners and Local Offices To New Firms
Many partners formed new companies or were acquired by other consulting firms. Examples include:
- Huron Consulting
- KPMG which absorbed the Computer Forensics division based in Cypress, CA and the Kansas City, Missouri office
- Perot Systems which absorbed six partners in the East
- Protiviti hired approximately 800 former workers
- SMART Business Advisory and Consulting which absorbed some of the Philadelphia office
- West Monroe Partners
- WTAS which was started in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and West Palm Beach and later expanded to 8 other locations
- Grant Thornton International which absorbed the North Carolina and South Carolina offices.
- True Partners Consulting
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