People: Jim Anderson, principal at the Phoenix firm James R. Anderson, CPA, PC Business Valuation & Litigation Support Services, has been appointed to a four-year term as a public member of the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of Arizona … Kari Ritz Thiessen, who leads the transfer pricing practice area for the Denver-based EKS&H, was admitted as partner.

Firms: In a move to gain some traction in the California market, Dixon Hughes Goodman is adding Parke, Guptill & Co., an Ontario-based firm that provides assurance, tax, and advisory services in Southern California to automobile dealerships … The Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly is growing its Arizona presence with the acquisition of the Scottsdale firm Rauch, Hermanson, Everroad & Rentschler on Oct. 31, 2016 … The Kansas firms Hiebert & Decker, CPAs and Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball are merging effective Nov. 1, 2016.

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