People: Adam Hill, ASA, has been promoted to managing director in advisory services at Chicago-based Crowe LLP, where he serves as a leader in the tangible asset valuation services group … Joseph C. Ledford, CPA/ABV, CVA, CEPA, and Keith A. Veres, CPA, CGMA, CEPA, both with Canfield, Ohio-based HBK CPAs & Consultants (HBK), have earned the Exit Planning Institute’s Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation; Ledford is in the firm’s Meadville, Pa., office, and Veres is in Fort Myers, Fla.

Firms: Columbus, Ohio-based Clarus Partners merged with Carmel, Ind.-based Blue & Co.; the combined firm will operate as Blue & Co. and will have a staff of more than 450 professionals in 11 offices across Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky … Indianapolis-based Caskey & Daily PC has joined another Indianapolis firm, Katz, Sapper & Miller (KSM); the former’s staff will move to KSM’s Indianapolis office … On Jan. 1, 2020, Irvine, Calif.-based Squar Milner LLP will add the accounting practice of Arnold Zippel, who operates a law and accounting firm in San Francisco, with both practices focusing on estates and trusts; the newly combined offices will result in over 130 professionals representing Squar Milner in the San Francisco region … New York-based Friedman will add Markowitz Fenelon & Bank (MFB) on Jan. 1, 2020; MFB operates two offices in Bridgehampton, N.Y., and Riverhead, N.Y., and this deal brings the total number of Friedman locations to 13 and the firm’s roster of partners and staff to about 600, including the MFB team of approximately 40 … Barone Howard & Co. CPAs, with offices in New Hartford, N.Y., and Rome, N.Y., has merged with Syracuse, N.Y.-based Dermody Burke & Brown; the combined firm operates under the latter’s name and has more than 90 professionals … Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Cendrowski Corporate Advisors (CCA) has joined Geneva Group International (GGI), which has 605 members representing 817 offices in more than 120 countries … Salt Lake City-based Haynie & Co. has acquired two firms: Hales-Bradford of Brownsville, Texas, and W. Hamilton & Co. of Austin, Texas.

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