People: Timothy Smith has opened a new practice, TS Healthcare Consulting, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which will focus not only on valuation, but also on healthcare consulting and litigation support services … William Hamilton has joined Buckhead FMV, an Atlanta firm that specializes in healthcare valuation and consulting; he’s formerly with Veralon of Philadelphia … Lucas Frank has joined BKD as senior managing consultant in the firm’s forensics and valuation services department … At Fort Worth, Texas-based Whitley Penn, Robert Allen rejoins the firm as managing director in the forensic, litigation and valuation group; also, Michelle Starr joins as a forensic litigation and valuation services director in the Houston office … New York-based Marcum admitted Bradford Taylor to the partnership group; he’s with advisory services in the firm’s Boston office and provides valuation, litigation support, and financial analysis services … Best Lawyers has named Joseph S. Goode, managing partner of Laffey, Leitner & Goode LLC, Milwaukee’s “Lawyer of the Year” in Franchise Law; he’s a contributing author to The Comprehensive Guide to Economic Damages, 5th edition.

Firms: Garden City, N.Y.-based Janover LLC has launched a cannabis industry practice group, headed by Marsha Ellowitz and Jason Hoffman, who have focused on this industry for over five years … Anglin Reichmann Snellgrove & Armstrong of Huntsville, Ala., has added Bloomer Geri & Co. of Pensacola, Fla.; the combined firms will operate under the name Anglin Reichmann Armstrong … Stout has added three offices in Asia as part of a newly formed joint venture with Bluepeak Group Ltd., a Pan-Asian firm that provides M&A and corporate finance advisory services; the offices are in Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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