People: Mary Hodgson is the new executive assistant to the Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support and Divorce Mediation Services team of the Fort Myers, Fla., firm Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co. … Kirk Jacobson and Chris Wilcox, two of the partners in the Las Vegas-based accounting and financial consulting firm Johnson Jacobson Wilcox, have created their own firm, JW Advisors … Chuck Landers has been elected to shareholder at Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund in Pensacola, Fla. … Richard Lee joins the New York City office of Houlihan Lokey as a managing director in its Dispute Resolution & Financial Expert Opinions practice within Financial Advisory Services (FAS) … Patrick Russo joins the Los Angeles private equity firm Shamrock Capital Advisors as partner; he was with FTI Consulting in the valuation and financial advisory services group, focusing on entertainment and media … Marc Schwartz and Mike Hill, co-owners and founders of the Houston firm Hill Schwartz Spilker Keller LLC (HSSK), celebrate their 40th year of stalwart leadership and dedicated practice in the fields of business valuation, finance, and consulting. Congratulations! … Briggs Stahl, president of Stahl Forensic and Valuation Experts in Tampa, Fla., recently was admitted as a charter member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) Foundation’s Forensic & Business Valuation Division, an elite group of 28 individuals selected on the basis of their national reputation and achievements in business valuation, litigation support, and forensic accounting in the context of divorce proceedings … Leah Wietholter and her company, Workman Forensics, have teamed up with ClearRidge, an Oklahoma investment banking and business advisory firm.

Firms: The Reno firm Kafoury, Armstrong & Co., with its 10 partners and 56 staff members, merged on December 15 with Eide Bailly LLP, expanding the firm to a total of 28 offices in 12 states … G. KIBRIA & CO. of Dhaka, Bangladesh, is the latest member firm to join BKR International.