November 12, 2008 15:00 ET

Accounting Firm Participates in the Great Southern California ShakeOut

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - November 12, 2008) - At 10:00 am on November 13th, NSBN LLP (www.nsbn.com) Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants in Beverly Hills will join over 5.1 million Southern Californians as they participate in the ShakeOut Drill involving businesses, schools, government, neighborhoods, and organizations in the largest earthquake preparedness activity in the United States history.

The Accounting Firm, NSBN LLP, which occupies the entire floor of a Beverly Hills office building, will not only be exercising the drop, cover and hold technique. They will also have staff members role play an emergency scenario where one person has a heart attack during the "earthquake" and other staff members, who have previously been certified by the Beverly Hills CPR Program in the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and CPR, will have to assist that victim using the AED which the firm purchased and installed for emergency situations. "The safety of our staff is of the utmost importance to the firm; after all, they are our most important asset," said Ken Miles, Managing Partner of NSBN LLP. For more information on the ShakeOut, please visit www.ShakeOut.org.

This drill is suitable for the news media to observe. For coordination of media coverage and directions to the office location, contact NSBN's Director of Media & Public Relations at 310.288.4283.

About NSBN LLP

NSBN LLP (formerly Nanas, Stern, Biers, Neinstein and Co. LLP) is a full service CPA and business consulting firm that has been in practice in Beverly Hills, California, for over 50 years. The firm currently ranks among the top 25 CPA firms in Los Angeles County and among the top 20 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles. NSBN has 18 partners and a staff of approximately 80. NSBN has particular expertise in various industries, including real estate, escrow, nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial businesses, entertainment, employee benefit plans, and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit www.nsbn.com.