People: Duff & Phelps announced the promotion of nine new managing directors: Larry Andrade, Enzo Carlucci, and Mitch Vininsky, all in Toronto; Gaurav Bhasin and Patrick Manion at Pagemill Partners, a division of Duff & Phelps in Silicon Valley, Calif.; Richard Chase at the Chicago office; Jaime d’Almeida in Boston; James Palmer in London; and Doug Ellis at the Houston office … Peter Lang joined BlumShapiro as a partner in its consulting practice in Newton, Mass. … Warfield and Co., CPAs Ltd. announced its affiliation with Michael J. Levine CPA and Levine & McKinley CPAs, a local accounting firm in Northeast Ohio … Judith H. O’Dell, of Chestertown, Md., received the AICPA Special Recognition Award for her pursuit to improve company financial reporting standards through commonsense changes … Thomas John (T.J.) Way joined Cherry Bekaert as a director in the firm's tax practice in Greenville, S.C. … Former acting commissioner of the IRS Danny Werfel joined the Boston Consulting Group’s public sector practice as a director.

Firms: HFMWeek Magazine recognized Decosimo as one of the leading hedge fund auditing firms … The Nashville Business Journal selected LBMC as one of the 2014 Best Places to Work in the 101-to-499-employees business category … Inside Business presented Walthall CPAs with the NEO Success Award, which recognizes the top-performing companies in Northeast Ohio …The Birmingham Business Journal named Warren Averett LLC to the No.-2 spot in Best Places to Work (large business category).