People: Marissa Turrell, ASA, CVA, has been promoted to partner in the valuation, forensics, and litigation services group at New York City-based Marcum; she is in the Hartford, Conn., office, and she heads the firm’s estate and gift tax valuation practice, with over 18 years of experience providing business valuations, financial analyses, financial modeling, and litigation support for private and public clients spanning a variety of industries.

Firms: Expanding its depth of valuation services, Bennett Thrasher, a full-service accounting and advisory firm in Atlanta, has acquired the tax reporting valuation practice from Intrinsic LLC, a Denver-based transaction advisory and valuation firm; this move also increases the firm’s presence in the Rocky Mountain region … Metairie, La.-based LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors is adding Gomez & Co. of Houston, which provides accounting services primarily to nonprofit organizations, charter schools, and energy companies … Milwaukee-based Wipfli LLP expands its financial services practice by acquiring the Connecticut-based risk management and loan review services divisions of Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions.

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