People: Brent Sloan, ASA-BV/IA, CEIV, is joining San Diego-based Vantage Point Advisors as managing director to lead the firm’s new office in Seattle; he was formerly with Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services and Grant Thornton in its valuation services group … Kim Robison has been promoted to senior associate in the business valuation department at Akron, Ohio-based Apple Growth Partners … Joseph DeCusati, CPA, ABV, ASA, CFE, had been admitted as a partner at Marcum LLP; he is in the firm’s valuation and litigation support services group and is in the firm’s New Haven, Conn., office … Patrick DeLangis, CPA, MAFF, CFE, CFF, CVA, EnCE, has joined Milwaukee-based Wipfli in the firm’s forensic and valuation group as the senior manager of forensic accounting; he has testified as an expert witness and has extensive experience in calculating damages in disputes.

Firms: Clifton, N.J.-based Sax LLP expanded its New York City presence by merging with James D. Miller & Co. LLP of New York City; the combined firm will have 34 partners with 185 total employees, and four offices: two in New York City (350 Fifth Ave. and 551 Madison Ave.) and two in New Jersey (Clifton and Pennington) … On October 1, Topeka, Kan.-based Mize Houser & Co. will spin off its Lawrence, Kan., office into a separate, independent firm to be known as Kindred CPA … Rochester, N.Y.-based EFPR Group LLP has joined CPAmerica Inc., an accounting association of independent CPA firms … South Korean firm Lee & Ko has joined Duff & Phelps’ Transfer Pricing Alliance … Redwood City, Calif.-based Seiler LLP continues its San Francisco Bay Area expansion with the opening of a new office in Walnut Creek, which is expected to house 45 employees.

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