Jackson Thornton, a certified public accounting and consulting firm, has acquired Jackson, Howard & Whatley, LLC (JHW), a CPA firm located in Birmingham.

JHW was founded in 1978 by Mike Jackson, Judy Howard and Tim Whatley. Jackson Thornton (JT), founded in 1919 was named a Top 200 Firm by Inside Public Accounting and named one of USA Today’s 2025 Best Tax & Accounting Firms. The firm ranked 5th on Business Alabama’s 2025 Top Rank listing of Alabama’s largest accounting firms and was named a “Best Company to Work For” by Business Alabama in 2023.