Our CPAs

James is a native of the Fayetteville area and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. James graduated from UNC-P in 1992 with a Bachelors of Science majoring in business administration with a concentration in accounting. After graduation, he went to work for North Carolina National Gas as an internal auditor. He left NCNG in 1996 to enter the world of public accounting. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant by the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners in 1998. James is a member of the North Carolina Association of CPAs (NCACPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He currently serves as treasurer for the Bladen Charge of the United Methodist Church.

Brian moved to the Sandhills area from Erie Pennsylvania in 1996. He graduated from Gannon University in Erie, PA in 1996 with a Bachelors of Science majoring in accounting. After graduation he spent two years working in public accounting for Robert C. Barrett, CPA before accepting a position as controller for a investment company in Cary, NC. Brian returned to public accounting in 1999 for a local Fayetteville firm. It was there where he met James Freeman and on July 2, 2001 he and James formed Freeman & Barrett, CPAs, PA. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant by the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners in 2000. Brian is currently a member of the North Carolina Association of CPAs (NCACPA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and board member for Sandhills Community College's Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. Brian also taught an income tax course at Sandhills Community College during the fall semester for 7 years. Brian resides in Southern Pines with his wife and two children. He is a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Parish.