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Brian Nordness, CPA, MSA

Manager, Tax

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Milwaukee, WI
bnordness@cohencpa.com
414.203.6334
  • Alternative Investment Funds
  • Digital Assets
  • Investment Company Tax
  • Private Equity
  • Tax Services

Brian’s easygoing, straightforward communication style allows him to build and maintain strong professional relationships. By seeking out complex, technical tax issues and explaining them in a way that is understandable, he is able to deliver real value to businesses and their management teams.

Brian began his career in the investment industry in 2013. He specializes in tax work for hedge funds, private equity funds and other private investment funds.

  • Involved in staff training and development for the firm’s Alternative Investment Group
  • Wisconsin Institute of CPAs
  • American Institute of CPAs

Brian lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife and their son, dogs, cat and horse in nearby Racine County. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his family and pets; following the sports teams he grew up with in Indiana, North Carolina and Wisconsin; reading about history; and video gaming.

Credentials & Education

  • Certified Public Accountant (Wisconsin)
  • Master of Science in Management – Accounting, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • B.A. in economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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