People: Greg Chin joins Grant Thornton LLP’s Boston office as a managing director in the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services practice … At the AICPA 2014 Forensic and Valuation Services Conference in New Orleans, four individuals were honored: Hubert Klein (EisnerAmper LLP) is the Forensic and Litigation Services Volunteer of the Year; Jason MacMorran (P&N Consulting) is the Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year; Sheri Schultz (Fiske & Co.) is the ABV Champion of the Year; and Elizabeth Woodward (Dean Dorton Allen Ford) is the CFF Champion of the Year.

Firms: CohnReznick LLP and Bethesda, Md.-based accounting, tax, and consulting firm Watkins Meegan LLC announced the completion of their merger … Two Tulsa firms, HoganTaylor and Hartog, Kallenberger & Swarthout LLC, say their merger will be finalized by early 2015 and will continue under the HoganTaylor name … Two central New York firms, Kane, Bowles & Moore PC and Dermody, Burke & Brown CPAs LLC, say their merger will be finalized by January 1 … Ryan, a leading global tax services firm headquartered in Dallas, has signed an agreement to acquire WTP Advisors … The litigation and forensic accounting practice of SingerLewak LLP will merge with Biggs & Co., a specialty firm focusing on bankruptcy, litigation support, and forensic accounting. Based in the Los Angeles area, the groups will rebrand as SLBiggs, a division of SingerLewak.