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BUCKNO LISICKY & COMPANY NAMED NEW MANAGING SHAREHOLDER

& HEADS INTO 46TH YEAR OF OPERATION

Allentown, Pennsylvania January 19, 2016 -- Buckno Lisicky & Company named a new managing director as the firm heads into its 46th year of operation.

Named Managing Shareholder of the firm earlier this year, Lou LeMaster, CPAheads into his first tax season in his new leadership position. Joining Buckno Lisicky & Company in 1993, Lou became a Shareholder of the firm in 1998. He has also been a member of the Executive Committee for the past 15 years and has headed the firm’s Technology Department for the past 10 years.

“I credit being prepared to lead our firm to the many years working with Gene Buckno, our shared high quality work ethic, and the opportunity to experience a wide variety of client situations. It is my good fortune to be surrounded by colleagues and employees who continue to build upon the firm’s excellent foundation for great service, as well as our good standing in the community. We are all looking forward to a tenure of moving our firm forward to ensure the success of our clients and our firm into the future.” says LeMaster.

Lou is a Kutztown University graduate with a BS degree in Business Administration, Accounting and has served a wide variety of clientele in the healthcare profession for the past 20 years, as well as a growing segment of start-up and development stage enterprises.

Lou is currently the Treasurer of the Lower Macungie Youth Association. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA); Committee Member of Lehigh Valley Chapter of the PICPA; and a member of the Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley. He has also served on the Lehigh Valley American Cancer Society Board of Directors; Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer of Kutztown University Alumni Association and Alumni Representative to the Kutztown University Foundation; The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce; March of Dimes. Lou’s prior achievements include his candidacy for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2002 Man of the Year and his presentation with the Young Alumni Award by Kutztown University’s Alumni Association.

A native Pennsylvanian, Lou,his wife Patricia, and their family reside in Lower Macungie.

A professional corporation of Certified Public Accountants, Buckno Lisicky & Company is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania with offices in Bethlehem and Lehighton, PA and Cedar Knolls, New Jersey. Buckno Lisicky & Company is a progressive firm with a very diverse clientele ranging from commercial, industrial and financial corporations to government and healthcare organizations, the Shareholders of Buckno Lisicky and Company specialize in accounting and auditing, business financing, fraud and forensic accounting, litigation support, management consulting, mergers and acquisitions, personal financial planning, retirement and estate planning, tax planning and preparation, and valuation services. For more information on Buckno Lisicky and Company and their range of services, please call our Allentown office at (610) 821-8580 or contact us via our web site at

Two City Center, 645 Hamilton Street, Suite 204, Allentown, PA 18101-2108 ~ 610.821.8580 ~ fax 610.821.9679

444 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018-5831 ~ 610.691.0113 ~ fax 610.691.5273

1167 Interchange Road, Lehighton, PA 18235-9068 ~ 610.377.6960 ~ fax 610.377.6980

2 Ridgedale Avenue, Suite 205, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927-1108 ~ 973.984.0100 ~ fax 973.984.7467