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CALIFORNIA
Clifton Gunderson acquires LA forensic practice
Details: National firm Clifton Gunderson has acquired Durkin Forensic, a Los Angeles-based forensic accounting firm. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Ronald Durkin will join Clifton as a partner and national practice leader of fraud and misconduct investigations.
FLORIDA
St. Petersburg firms merge
Details: Gregory, Sharer & Stuart PA and Hevia Beagles & Co. PA have combined forces under the GSS name. Dan Hevia became the newest shareholder in GSS, and with his staff will be moving into GSS's offices in downtown St. Petersburg.
Gilman Ciocia acquires Hoffman Levy
Details: Gilman Ciocia has acquired Hoffman, Levy, Bengio & Co. PL, a Hollywood, FIa., firm. HLB has relocated its operations into Gilman Ciocia's office in Aventura, FIa. Financial details were not disclosed. As part of the transaction, KGC Associates CPAs PC acquired the attest business of HLB. KGC is a CPA firm that is associated with Gilman Ciocia under an alternative practice structure.
CBH folds in staff of shuttering firm
Details: Regional firm Cherry, Bekaert & Holland is adding 14 partners and 100 associates from Berenfeld Spritzer Shechter & Sheer, a firm based in Coral Gables, FIa., that is liquidating. The firm, founded in 1971, had been fighting a $160 million investor lawsuit stemming from a client's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. Berenfeld partners sent e-mails to professional contacts throughout South Florida in December, saying the firm was filing for liquidation.
GEORGIA
Atlanta firms combine
Details: Atlanta firms Windham Brannon and Tarpley & Underwood have agreed to combine under the Windham Brannon name. They will keep both office locations open in Atlanta through at least the end of tax season. Financial details of the merger were not disclosed.
MASSACHUSETTS
BlumShapiro merges in Needel Welch
Details: West Hartford, Conn.-based BlumShapiro has merged in Rockland, Mass.-based accounting, tax and business consulting firm Needel, Welch & Stone, expanding the...