People: Howard Fielstein, CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, CIRA, CTP, ASA, CDBV, has joined New York City-based Grassi & Co. as a partner in its forensic, litigation support, and valuation services practice … Denise Dauphin, CPA, ABV, CFE, CFF, CGMA, CLP, formerly of Veritas Forensic Accounting, has joined Greenville, S.C.-based Elliott Davis in its forensic valuation and litigation support practice … Owen Sizemore, CPA, CVA, has been promoted to manager at Brady Ware & Co.; he specializes in business valuation and debt advisory services across a variety of industries; the firm has offices in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta; and Richmond, Ind. … The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) has named Achille Ekeu, CVA, of The Washington Valuation Group LLC, Outstanding Member—Fourth Quarter 2018 … David L. Maaskant, CPA, CVA, has been promoted from manager to member of his firm, Smith Elliott Kearns & Co. LLC (SEK); he’s in the firm’s Carlisle, Pa., office and provides business valuation and tax services to clients.

Firms: Cincinnati-based Barnes Dennig has joined with two firms: Lucarelli Tactical Group, which offers succession planning, capital raising, M&A, business valuation and financial management services to middle-market businesses, and Ducks in a Row, which offers back-office and outsourced controller services … McKonly & Asbury, based in Camp Hill, Pa., has acquired Brewer & Co. LLC and the addition of an office in Bloomsburg, Pa. … Chicago-based Baker Tilly announced a merger with Plano, Texas-based Montgomery Coscia Greilich, which is expected to finalize on June 1; this will expand the firm’s presence in Texas, where it already has office in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Fort Worth … Fish & Davis, CPAs and Homer Brown, CPA have merged with Dallas-based L&H CPAs and Advisors … Whalen & Co., CPAs, headquartered in Worthington, Ohio, has joined CPAmerica Inc., an accounting association of independent CPA firms … Petkovsek & Moran (Madison, Wis.) has joined Johnson Block & Co. in its Madison office.