Accounting firms merge

by David Reed

October 22,2009

The Columbia accounting firm Moeller-Williams-Edington PC has merged with J. Baer and Associates of Jackson, Mo., to form Baer & Edington LLC. The new firm has locations in Columbia and Jackson, operated by both existing and newly employed staff.

Jeff Baer will serve as CEO. The company will have a combined partner base. Jeff Baer, Dana Steffens and Angela Miskell will serve as the Jackson office partners while Cheryl Edington and Rose Williams will serve as the Columbia office partners.

Baer & Edington will employ 11 CPAs and seven staff accountants among other positions. Baer & Edington will continue to specialize in tax preparation for individual, business and trust and estate, financial statement preparation and planning. The company also added check writing payroll services to the services offered at its Columbia location.

Mary Moeller, Rose Williams and Cheryl Edington founded Moeller-Williams-Edington in Columbia in 2002 when firms owned by each of the women were merged. Moeller retired in August 2009.