People: Ronald H. Pachino, CPA, ABV, CFF, CGMA, has been elected a tax partner at Newport News, Va.-based PBMares; his area of focus is business valuations and litigation support, including civil litigation, family law, bankruptcy, estate and gift tax, mergers and acquisitions, business loss compensation, dissenting shareholder cases, economic loss calculations and resolutions, and international mediation matters … Ray Lampner, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF, CGMA, CEPA, has been promoted to partner-in-charge of the CPA Consulting Services practice at Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich LLP; he oversees the operations and client service initiatives for the firm’s transaction advisory services, forensic and valuation services, and business succession planning practices … Brad Muir, a supervisor at Vallit Advisors LLC, has earned the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credential from the AICPA; he is also an ASA candidate, and he focuses on dispute advisory, forensic accounting, and business valuation services to clients across various industries in a wide variety of complex matters … Wynand Mullins has been appointed a senior managing director in the Australian Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice of FTI Consulting Inc., based in Sydney; he is certified as a forensic accounting specialist and business valuation specialist, and he focuses on dispute advisory, financial investigations, and contentious valuations … The CBV Institute, Canada’s valuation professional organization (VPO), has given Tom P. Muir, FCPA, FCA, FCBV, of Muir Investments Ltd. (Toronto) the honor of Life Member standing.

Firms: Duben & Associates of Encino, Calif., will relocate to smaller offices in Valencia effective May 1; during the pandemic, it learned that it could be more efficient on behalf of clients and staff while occupying a smaller physical footprint.

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