People: Steven Pinsky has joined UHY Advisors as principal in the Melville (New York) office; he will be responsible for providing transaction and transition consulting services to private equity-backed and privately owned companies.

Firms: New York City-based Marcum LLP has merged with Cleveland-based Skoda Minotti effective December 2; the combination adds 31 partners and more than 190 associates; Skoda Minotti operates from Mayfield Village, just east of Cleveland; Fairlawn, Ohio; and Tampa, Fla. Marcum’s 2,000 employees operate from 26 offices throughout the U.S., Grand Cayman, China, and Ireland … Charlotte, N.C.-based Dixon Hughes Goodman has acquired RyanSharkey of Vienna, Va., a 50-person firm with a strong specialization in the government contracting, technology, and life sciences industries … Hayes & Varga of Orlando, Fla., has merged into Winter Park, Fla.-based Moss Krusick & Associates; the combined firm has 10 partners and 70 staff … Seattle-based Moss Adams grows its healthcare consulting practice with the acquisition of Southwest Consulting Associations of Plano, Texas, which offers reimbursement services for hospitals and health system organizations … SRG, with offices in Woodland Hills, Calif., and Los Angeles, merged into Irvine, Calif.-based Squar Milner LLP December 1; the acquisition adds nearly 55 professionals to Squar Milner’s staff of about 550 … Greensboro, N.C.-based Bernard Robinson & Co. (BRC) has merged in Haas and Morgan CPA of Charlotte, N.C.; the combined firm now has more than 170 employees and seven locations in North Carolina.

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