Steven J. Fishman has over forty years of experience providing income, trust and estate and charitable tax compliance and planning, accounting, and strategic and business advisory services. He specializes in working with high-net-worth individuals and their closely held businesses. Steven’s focus is primarily on the real estate industry, specializing in working with sponsors and family office clients. His practice also includes manufacturing, distribution, and other service businesses. Steven’s efforts were recently recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal when he was nominated in 2024 as one of the city’s top CPAs.
Steven graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in June 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts and a degree in Economics. He received his CPA certificate in 1980. Steven is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Steven’s experience, knowledge of sophisticated tax strategies, and ability to provide guidance, strategy, and practical solutions is what sets him apart. Steven’s ability to genuinely listen to his clients and understand their goals is how he is able to craft solutions that will be most helpful to them. It is the primary reason clients are referred to and stay with the firm.
Steven has been with Fishman, Block + Diamond, LLP for the past four decades and began his career at Kenneth Leventhal & Company at the time they were our country’s 10th largest national accounting firm (now part of Ernst & Young’s real estate group).
Steven is very active in giving back to the community, both locally and nationally. He is a past President, board member, chair of the strategic planning committee, and member of the HR committee for the Stephen Wise Temple. Steven has chaired the local executive committee, and National Council member of AIPAC. He is also very active in the pro-Israel political network and Super PAC. As a board member of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, Steven is a member of the executive, finance, real estate, and strategic planning and distribution committees. Steven is a national board member of Birthright Israel, past chair of the Los Angeles leadership council, board member of the Impact Forum, and board member of Wise Readers to Leaders (a summer teen literacy program). Additionally, Steven is a member of the national board of governors of Hebrew Union College, a national board member of ELNET, an active supporter of JINSA, and as a trustee of the Washington Institute.
Steven Fishman has been married to his wife Jodie for forty-five years, has three children and seven grandchildren.
