James R. Parks

CBIZ, Inc.
Executive Director

James R. Parks serves as executive director at CBIZ, where he leads the firm’s Western Region high-net-worth client group. After 30 years with CBIZ, he oversees offices from Seattle to Phoenix and brings four decades of experience in litigation consulting and management. He co-founded Parks, Palmer, Turner & Yemenidjian before it was acquired by CBIZ in 1998. In entertainment, Parks has provided accounting services to clients like MGM, Twentieth Century Fox and Hanna-Barbera. He was formerly CEO of Laser Pacific Media, a public company later acquired by Kodak and sits on multiple boards, including Whittier Trust, CalPrivate Bank and the Autry Museum. In 2022, he helped reopen the Hotel Barriere Fouquet’s in New York following a strategic acquisition and renovation effort.