People: Nene Glenn Gianfala of New Orleans-based Chaffe & Associates has earned a specialty in business valuation of intangible assets, designated by the ASA. Gianfala is the first to receive this specialty in the state of Louisiana … Paul Mangum has been admitted as shareholder at Lowrey Powell & Stevens of San Antonio, who has changed its name to Lowrey Powell Stevens & Mangum.

Firms: Chicago-based firm Bronswick Reicin Pollack announced a name change, to Bronswick Benjamin PC … Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn of Owings Mills, Md., has merged with Columbia, Md.-based Morice, Layton & Fagan … Plante Moran has entered into a multiyear partnership with the NFL’s Detroit Lions. Plante Moran, headquartered in Southfield, Mich., becomes the official tax, audit, consulting, and public accounting firm of the team and gets naming rights to newly built terrace suites at the Lions’ Ford Field … Restivo Monacelli, a firm based in Providence, R.I., has opened an office in Boca Raton, Fla. … St. Louis-based RubinBrown is adding Las Vegas-based Stewart Archibald & Barney, effective June 1 … Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund of Pensacola, Fla., has added healthcare specialists Reingruber & Co., and its St. Petersburg, Fla., and Nashville, Tenn., offices.

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