People: David Benick joins Gavin/Solmonese LLC as senior director and will provide financial expert witness testimony as part of the firm’s growing litigation consulting team at its headquarters in Wilmington, Del., as well as in New York City … David Blish joins Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis, as a manager and healthcare consultant … Don Clayton, a chairman at Clayton & McKervey PC, Southfield, Ill., was bestowed the “Lifetime Achievement” award by the Detroit chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth … Marty Magida, a partner at the Northbrook, Ill., firm Chunowitz, Teitelbaum & Mandel Ltd, is the new vice president of the National Franchise Consultants and Accountants … Tom Martin is now the managing partner of the Trenton, N.J., firm Klatzkin & Co. LLP … Karen Mosteller, partner at the Fort Myers, Fla., firm Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company PA has been appointed the chair of the Health Care Statistics Committee with the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants … Noah M. Sanders, CPA, AM, is now a partner at Gilliam Coble & Moser LLP of Burlington, N.C. … Greg Westfall, principal in the forensic and valuation services practice at Grant Thornton LLP, has been appointed assistant managing principal at its metro New York office … Brad Whitfield, who specializes in business valuation for litigation, tax, mergers, due diligence, and consulting engagements, has joined Costal Consulting Management Group of Savannah, Ga.

Firms: BLDS LLC is opening a new Chicago office to be led by Dr. Brendan Burke and Nicholas Schmidt, who will be joining the office as a director … CBIZ Inc. was selected as the Accounting Firm of the Year by the Association for Corporate Growth New York Chapter … Ernst & Young announced its merger with the Parthenon Group, a global strategic consultancy firm, which will join EY's transaction advisory services … The St. Paul, Minn., firm HLB Tautges Redpath Ltd. has officially changed its name to Redpath and Company.