Edward Mendlowitz

Get to Know Me

Ed is an emeritus partner in our firm’s East Brunswick, NJ, office and has over 40 years of public accounting experience.

In addition, Ed was a founding partner of Mendlowitz Weitsen, LLP, CPAs, which joined with Withum in 2005. Currently, he serves on the NYSSCPA Estate Planning Committee, and was chairman of the committee that planned the NYSSCPA’s 100th Anniversary. The author of 32 books, Ed has also written hundreds of articles for business and professional journals and newsletters. He has been the contributing editor to the Practitioners Publishing Company’s 706/709 Deskbook, and the AICPA Management of an Accounting Practice Handbook and is on the editorial board of Bottom Line/Personal, QuickReadBuzz.com Blog, Practical Tax Professional, and is the editor of the CPA Journal Financial Planning column. Ed has been posting a weekly blog for Withum since 2021 and for www.AccountingToday.com since 2013, for which he won an award as best in the category.  

Give Back

Ed is a frequent speaker to many professional and business groups, including the AICPA, NJSCPA, NYSSCPA, American Management Association, the National Committee for Monetary Reform, University of Medicine and Dentistry in NJ and many more. He had written and presented over 350 Continuing Educational Programs for CPAs and the general public. Ed has also taught 13 different MBA, Graduate, and Undergraduate courses as an adjunct professor or lecturer at either Fairleigh Dickinson University or Baruch College and continues to teach at one of those colleges each semester. He has also been a guest lecturer at many other Universities. 

Awards and Accolades

Ed has shown remarkable dedication and made significant contributions to the profession, earning numerous accolades throughout his career. For nine consecutive years, he has been recognized on Accounting Today’s list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. In 2023, he received the NJBIZ ICON award. Ed was also honored by Forbes, being named on its 2025 Best-in-State CPAs and America’s Top 200 CPAs lists. Additionally, he received the Lawler Award for the best article published in the Journal of Accountancy in 2001, has been inducted into the Estate Planning Hall of Fame and received many other awards. 

Work Hard/Play Hard 

Ed is a recognized accounting historian. Outside of work, he serves on two charitable organization Boards, and enjoys being with his grandchildren and golfing. An avid writer, he collects, exhibits, and writes about first-day covers, as well as a weekly commentary. Ed also spends time studying Torah and reading for pleasure and has goal of writing his version of a biography of Benjamin Franklin.