People: Jeremy Jennings has been named a partner at Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly; he’s in the Tulsa, Okla., office, and he specializes in business valuation for estate and gift tax purposes, litigation, management planning, and purchasing and selling businesses … Gina Miller will lead a new practice group at Bennett Thrasher (Atlanta) called Value Acceleration and Exit Planning Services for business owners planning to transition out of their businesses … Christopher Silvetti has joined Prairie Capital Advisors Inc. in its Chicago office; he’ll focus on ESOPs and general business valuations, fairness opinions, and advisory services … Fort Worth, Texas-based Whitley Penn announced that Mike De Laval and Jack Yeager have joined the firm’s Houston office as managing directors in the forensic, litigation and valuation group … John Bautista has joined Chicago-based UHY Advisors Inc. as a principal in the firm’s valuation practice based in New York City; his former firms include Houlihan Lokey and a Big Four accounting firm.

Firms: Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP (Lancaster, Pa.) will open a new 30,000-square-foot regional office located in the CityGate Corporate Center in Lancaster … BST & Co. CPAs LLP of Albany, N.Y., announced the acquisition of the human resources and management consulting company Northeast HR for Hire, also of Albany … Jared Eichorst, Kyle Vataha, Eric Ward, and Brad Paul have established a new national business valuation and real estate appraisal firm, AltaView Advisors, in Dallas … Duggan & Massey of Atlanta has joined CLA (CliftonLarsenAllen) effective July 1; the 20-plus former Duggan & Massey team members will continue to serve clients from their office in Atlanta’s Buckhead district … As of June 4, Crowe Horwath LLP began practicing under a new name, Crowe LLP, except in certain states where its name change application is pending.

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