Andy Kvesic wasn’t intending to change the course of the legal industry. It just kind of happened.
“It goes back to when we started Radix Law with this idea that we would be a very innovative alternative business structure law firm,” he says. “We were a business law firm at our core, but our vision was always to create a full-service professional services firm.”
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Kvesic saw a way to complement legal services by incorporating things like taxes, accounting, and wealth planning.
“That was our strategic vision going in,” Kvesic says. “Along the way, we met Aprio, and they were telling the same story—but from the perspective of an accounting firm that wanted to plug into legal.”
So, while Kvesic wasn’t trying to position Radix Law for a potential merger, innovative companies have a knack for pivoting at the right time—and that’s exactly what Kvesic and Radix Law did.
“The timing was perfect in the sense that the visions of both Radix Law and Aprio — a business advisory, tax, and accounting firm—aligned in that what we each needed from the other was exactly that missing puzzle piece,” Kvesic says. “That’s how the merger ended up coming together, and Aprio Legal was formed.”
The groundwork was laid when Radix Law became the first full-service business law firm to get an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) license in Arizona, allowing the firm to include non-lawyer ownership while still providing legal services.
“Now, we’re the first alternative business structure firm to combine with another alternative business structure,” Kvesic says, “with Aprio Legal being the first full-service business advisory firm that has all of those disciplines under one roof. It’s pretty special.”
Aprio Legal becomes the first organization in the country to reimagine the client experience by offering entrepreneurs and business owners a one-stop destination to address both business and legal challenges with forward-thinking solutions. Clients can seamlessly connect with experienced tax advisors, CPAs, transaction advisors, wealth advisors, and attorneys in one place—empowering them to grow their businesses with confidence.
“We didn’t do this to be the first. It just happened that way,” Kvesic says. “It comes back to our core belief that there was a better way to deliver professional services to clients—bringing all those services under one roof. We’re entrepreneurs ourselves. We’re innovators ourselves. And we were passionate about this idea because we saw a need in the market to put clients at the center of the professional services universe. We just went for it. We happened to be the first, which wasn’t easy—it’s new territory—but we were built for it.”
Now, Kvesic is fielding calls from other attorneys looking to follow his innovative path.
“One of the most surprising things has been the very positive reception from the legal community,” Kvesic says. “We’re getting a lot of calls from other firms interested in how we did it. Some even want to be part of it, saying, ‘This is a brilliant idea. Is there an opportunity for us to potentially become part of Aprio Legal?’”
