Brian S. Garstecki

Brian Garstecki, CPA, is a partner at Withum with over 20 years of experience. He is the practice leader of the firm’s Labor Organizations and Multiemployer Benefit Plan Practice Groups.

Brian specializes in auditing labor organizations and their associated entities. This includes expertise in all aspects of federal reporting and compliance for labor unions, employee benefit plans, defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. Prior to joining the Firm, Brian was a partner at Bond Beebe, which joined with Withum in August 2017.

Brian has hands on experience in supervising and performing audit fieldwork for international and national local unions and specifically, the Taft Hartley employee benefit funds. Additionally, his broad experience encompasses agreed upon procedures such as: payroll audits, fraud audits, internal controls, consulting, claims audits and management consulting. Brian is also highly proficient in preparing 990, 990-T, LM-2, 8955-SSA and 5500 Forms.

Brian holds a Bachelor's in Management Accountancy from the University of Pittsburgh. Not only is he a CPA in the District of Columbia but also Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Hawaii. Brian is a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Virginia Association of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) and the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA).