People: Frank Rudewicz has been admitted to the partnership at West Hartford, Conn.-based blumshapiro; he will lead the firm’s litigation and valuation practice from the Boston office … Nicholas Norton has been admitted as a new partner at Peterson Sullivan of Seattle where he will oversee growth of the firm’s advisory practice, which includes valuation advisory and strategic business consulting services … Tom Buetow and David Dick, formerly of BLD, a CPA and advisory firm in Louisville, Ky., have joined Lexington, Ky.-based Dean Dorton Allen Ford, and they brought along other former BLD employees.

Firms: Cherry Bekaert, based in Richmond, Va., has acquired Flieller Kruger & Skelton of Austin, Texas, which expands its Austin presence to eight partners and more than 65 associates … Carmel, Ind.-based Blue & Co. has joined with the consulting firm Professional Practice Management Inc. (PPM) of Worthington, Ohio, a firm that has worked primarily with physicians, dentists, and other healthcare professionals since 1934; the combined staff of Blue & Co. and PPM will total more than 400 professionals in 10 offices across three states … Chicago-based Baker Tilly has announced a three-way combination with municipal advisory firms H.J. Umbaugh and Associates and Springsted Inc.; the firm says this will be one of the largest independent municipal advisory practices in the U.S. … Two Los Angeles firms, Dreyer Robbins and Associates and Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt (HCVT), have joined; HCVT focuses on serving high-net-worth individuals and their related entities … Chicago-based BDO USA has acquired the assets of Lootok, a crisis management and business continuity consulting and technology firm headquartered in New York City … San Francisco-based Shea Labagh Dobberstein Accountants and Advisors expanded its tax practice in the Bay Area by adding A. L. Nella, also in San Francisco … Sklar Heyman Hirshfield & Kantor LLP (Bellmore, N.Y.) has merged with Block & Block of New York City; the new name of the firm is Sklar Kantor Block LLP.