14 Worcester Business Journal | January 8, 2018 | wbjournal.com
F O C U S B E S T P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S
viding its services with honesty and
respect.
BEST LAW FIRM
Mirick O'Connell*
Worcester, www.mirickoconnell.com
Top executive: David E. Surprenant, man-
aging partner
Founded: 1916
Employees: 136 employees and partners
Mirick O'Connell has never wavered from
the core principle of professional excel-
lence established by its founders, combin-
ing uncompromising standards of service
with practical and cost-effective approach-
es to problem solving. The firm has the
expertise to handle the most sophisticated
and complex matters.
Notable runner-up: Bowditch & Dewey
BEST ACCOUNTING FIRM
Bollus Lynch, LLP
Certified Public
Accountants &
Consultants*
Worcester, bolluslynch.com
Top executives: Partners Michael J.
Bollus, Stephen A. Lynch, Jeffrey C.
Swanberg & David G. Eaton
Founded: 1989
Employees: 37 (2017 figure)
While one of the largest
accounting firms in
Central Massachusetts,
Bollus Lynch is only a
medium-sized CPA firm
by national standards.
The company blends its
years of national firm
experience into that local
firm setting, enabling it to
serve a wide variety of
specialized industry prac-
tices – including manufacturing, restau-
rants, and insurance.
Notable runners-up: McLaren & Associates,
Shepherd & Goldstein
BEST ADVERTISING AGENCY
Davis Advertising
Worcester, davisad.com
Top executive: President Andrew Davis
Founded: 1948
Employees: 40
Davis is an all-under-one-roof advertising
solutions provider, with in-house video and
audio production facilities, web developers,
digital and social-media capabilities, pho-
tography studios, graphic designers, copy-
writers, media buying services, public rela-
tions specialists, and branding and strate-
gy experts.
Notable runners-up: PENTA
Communications, Applied Interactive
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Sullivan Insurance Group
Mirick's management committee (from
left) Bob Gibbons, Diane Power, Joan
Vorster and David Surprenant
Davis Advertising
