People: Joining New York-based Empire Valuation Consultants in a new Long Island office are Harold L. Deiters III, CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, CFE, MAFF/CVA, as a managing director; Joseph Ammirati, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, as a director; and Pasquale Rafanelli, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA/CBA/MAFF, CFE, CDFA, as a senior manager; they were with Deiters & Associates LLC … Herald-Mail Media readers voted William F. Fritts, CPA, CVA, a member of SEK, CPAs & Advisors, No. 1 accountant in the Tri-State area (Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) for 2019; he is a member-in-charge of the firm’s Hagerstown (Maryland) office and provides accounting and tax services as well as valuation services primarily for estates and buy-sell agreements.

Firms: New York City-based Friedman LLP will relocate its Marlton, N.J., office to newly designed space in the same town; the firm will also open a new office in Los Angeles … West Hartford, Conn.-based blumshapiro has merged with SunBlock Systems, a cybersecurity, digital forensics, business intelligence, and technology consulting firm in Reston, Va. … Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich plans to acquire Scanlan & Leo of Oak Brook, Ill., on November 1; John Scanlan and Joseph Leo will be admitted as partners … Wallace Neumann & Verville of Las Vegas will be joining Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly on November 18; the deal brings three partners and 13 staff members to the firm and will bolster its expertise in several key industries, including entertainment, construction, and medical practices … Houston-based Weaver has opened a new office in Oklahoma City, its 12th location in the U.S.; the office will initially focus on working with energy companies and middle-market businesses across other industry sectors … Chicago-based Baker Tilly Virchow Krause has opened a new 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art office in Central Pennsylvania that will be the firm’s primary hub for this region.

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