People: Jay E. Fishman, FASA, managing director at Financial Research Associates, has become an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor … Lucas LaChance has been admitted to principal at Lane Gorman Trubitt of Dallas; he heads the practice growth department … Maryellen Seboldhas joined RSM US LLP as a financial advisory services partner in its Los Angeles office … Bryan Saftlas has joined Hoberman & Lesser CPAs LLP of New York City as a partner … Dan Schoenleber, principal in the transaction advisory and litigation support practice at Brown Smith Wallace, is now a Certified M&A Specialist (CMAS).

Firms: Enterprise, Ala.-based Carr Riggs & Ingram has acquired Dallas-based Auerbach Albert & Gold LC, which will operate under the name of Carr, Riggs & Ingram … Porter and Co. PC (Greensboro, N.C.) has been accepted as a full member of the AutoCPA Group of accounting firms that focus on automobile, motorcycle, and other dealerships … Grant Thornton, RSM, and BDO took the top three places in the Experian/MarketIQ annual survey of U.K. M&A activity’s top 20 financial adviser rankings by volume … Boyer & Ritter, Crowe Horwath, and Dixon Hughes Goodman have provided the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) with professional support and technical analysis to prepare the NADA’s new comprehensive guide to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

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