People: Bradford Muir, ASA (candidate), has joined Vallit Advisors LLC as a supervisor; he has experience in complex dispute, valuation, and forensic assignments … David Hazels has been named national managing partner of Advisory Services at Grant Thornton; he joined the firm in 2002, and most recently served as the firm’s national managing partner of risk services … Richard Jones was appointed the next chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), succeeding Russell G. Golden; Jones is chief accountant and partner at Ernst & Young, and his appointment at FASB is effective July 1.

Firms: Milwaukee-area accounting firm Wipfli LLP has acquired accounting firm Stratagem of Lakewood, Colo., in a deal that will create the 11th-largest accounting firm in the Denver metro area; Stratagem focuses on construction and real estate businesses, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, and high-net-worth individuals … Cincinnati-based Clark Schaefer Hackett has acquired Keelsra Business Services, an outsourced accounting firm specializing in serving nonprofit and small-business clients … New York City-based Citrin Cooperman added Mejia & Kaplan LLP of Beverly Hills, Calif., a boutique entertainment and business management CPA firm with a staff of 28 … Wichita, Kan.-based M&L CPAs is now part of Great Bend, Kan.-based Adams Brown Beran & Ball, which expands the firm’s Kansas presence to 15 offices and a total staff of 205 … Atlanta-based Aprio has added Matthews, N.C.-based LBA Haynes Strand and its nearly 70 team members across five North Carolina offices; since 2013, Aprio has combined with seven firms and plans more deals in the years ahead … Gregg & Bailey (G & B) of Midlothian, Va., has joined Roanoke, Va.-based Brown Edwards; this adds an eighth office in Virginia and 11th overall for the firm … Troy, Mich.-based Doeren Mayhew has grown its footprint in Houston with the acquisition of two firms there: Evans & Chastain and Thrasher & Associates … Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich has agreed to acquire Alexandria, Va.-based Halt Buzas & Powell (HBP), which just marked its 50th anniversary; the deal marks Sikich’s entry into the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore metro markets and expands its presence on the East Coast … Houston-based Calvetti Ferguson of Houston has acquired Kapp & Miller, adding six team members to the firm.

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