People: James G. Wolf joins Houlihan Lokey Inc. as a managing director in its Tax & Financial Reporting (TFR) Valuation practice within Financial Advisory Services; he is based in New York City … Josh Brummett, shareholder in the healthcare and valuation services practice at LBMC (Nashville, Tenn.) was named a Nashville Emerging Leaders Award Top 5 finalist in the category of financial services … Grant Thornton admitted 39 new partners and principals and promoted 28 professionals to managing director; among them are Paul Peterson, forensic advisory services partner (Arlington, Va.); Bradley Chadwick, transaction services principal (Chicago); and Cory Rogers, forensic advisory services managing director (Charlotte, N.C.) … Joe Ashor has been promoted to business valuation senior manager at Rehmann; he’s in the Farmington Hills, Mich., office.

Firms: Jerry Tellinghuisen and Cynthia D. Martin have opened a new firm, Sequim CPA, to specialize in small businesses and offer accounting, tax, and other services, including business valuation, in Sequim, Wash. … Tighe, Kress & Orr PC opened two new office locations—Chicago and St. Charles, Ill.—to complement its existing location in Elgin, Ill. … New York City-based Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP’s specialized group, Anchin Private Client, captured the New York State Society of CPAs’ annual Family Office Cup for the second consecutive year; its winning presentation was based on the topic of “Family Legacy” … CPA Solutions Inc. just opened a new office in Celebration, Fla.—its third location; others are in Orlando and Avalon Park … Philadelphia-based BizEquity has partnered with Discovery Data (Eatontown, N.J.) on a new online service to do real-time valuations of financial advisory firms; first one is gratis.

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