People: Randall M. Paulikens, CPA, ABV, CFF, CITP, a partner in the forensic, litigation, and valuation services group at New York City-based Friedman LLP, will lead the firm’s new office in Red Bank, N.J.; this is the firm’s 10th office and its fifth in New Jersey, with others in East Hanover, Marlton, Toms River, and Linwood … Eric Madsen, CFA, CPA, has joined Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG) as a managing director in the firm’s economics and damages area; he will be in the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office … Barry Sussman has joined West Hartford, Conn.-based blumshapiro as a consulting director in the firm’s litigation and valuation practice; he specializes in the analysis of economic damages in commercial and intellectual property litigation … Tom Seidenstein, senior vice president of Fannie Mae, has stepped down from the board of trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) and is now the new chair of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB); he started the new post July 1 and will serve for three years … Paul Martin has joined Duff & Phelps as a managing director and will lead the firm’s UK Transaction Advisory Services practice, based in the firm’s London office; he is formerly with Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young.
Firms: West Hartford, Conn.-based blumshapiro has established new areas of expertise: investigative due diligence and business intelligence … Trinity Financial Sports & Entertainment Management Co., a division of Peter Grandich and Co. of Spring Lake, N.J., has teamed up with the sports and entertainment division of Princeton, N.J.-based WithumSmith+Brown; Grandich offers financial services to individuals, professional athletes, and owners of small and midsize businesses … Enterprise, Ala.-based Carr Riggs & Ingram (CRI) has expanded its presence in Mississippi with a merger of Laurel, Miss.-based Wm. F. Horne & Co., which also operates an office in Hattiesburg; CRI now operates in 10 states … Maillie LLP broke ground for new headquarters in Limerick, Pa.; the 25,000-square-foot space will replace the firm’s existing facility in Mont Clare.
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