William Bartels

William “Bill” Bartels, CPA
Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer William “Bill” Bartels, CPA, joined Spizzirri Law LLC in February 2025, bringing more than four decades of financial leadership, business consulting, and executive management experience to the firm. The firm’s accounting and finance, information technology, and human resources functions report directly to him.

Bill spent more than 35 years as a senior financial executive in the food service distribution industry. As Chief Financial Officer of Customized Distribution, LLC in Norcross, Georgia, from 2009 to 2022, he developed annual budgets of $400 million and led six department managers across accounting, credit and collections, information technology, purchasing, and human resources. Before that, he served for 15 years as President and Chief Financial Officer of Willingham Corporation in Atlanta, and for nearly a decade as Chief Financial Officer of Interstate Distributors, Inc. He continues to serve on the boards of Customized Distribution and Willingham Corporation.

Bill began his career with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, then one of the Big Eight accounting firms, rising to Manager. There he audited retail, wholesale, and government entities and supervised staff accountants. Across his career, he has guided organizations through both growth and lean operating conditions. He is known for building high-performing teams and for turning complex financial data into clear, actionable strategy, an approach that matches Spizzirri Law LLC’s focus on planning and prevention.

Bill is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Georgia and a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Florida State University.

Outside the office, Bill volunteers with North Fulton Community Charities and enjoys golf and reading. He and his wife, Sharon, have four children and six grandchildren.