People: Thomas B. Bailey, CPA, CVA, and Daniel Keefer, CPA, CVA, have become partners at Bethesda, Md.-based Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C. (CBM); Bailey is a partner and director in the firm’s Construction and Real Estate Group; Keefer has specific industry expertise with closely held corporations, dealerships, employee benefit plans, and high net worth individuals … Shlomo Lang, ASA, ABV, CEIV, and Peter Lohrey, PhD., CVA, CDBV, have joined the forensics and valuation services division of BKD CPAs & Advisors in the firm’s New York City office; Long is a managing director, and Lohrey is a director.
Firms: Princeton, N.J.-based Withum has acquired San Francisco-based OUM & Co. LLP, a firm with 11 partners and about 80 team members that provides assurance and audit, tax, SEC compliance, and client accounting and advisory services … Fort Worth, Texas-based Whitley Penn will merge with Werlein & Harris, P.C., of Houston; the deal will increase the firm’s size to approximately 650 employees, with about 125 in the Houston office … San Francisco-based BPM LLP is celebrating its 35th anniversary in July.
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