CALIFORNIAJ.H. Cohn LLP announced that it will merge in Good Swartz Brown & Berns LLP, Woodland Hills, which will operate as Good Swartz Brown & Berns, a Division of J.H. Cohn, adding about 125 professionals to J.H. Cohn.
FLORIDA
RGL – Forensic Accountants & Consultants has opened an office in Fort Lauderdale, which will be led by Ali Ansari.
ILLINOIS
Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, announced that it will be donating $50,000, as well as matching personnel gifts up to an additional $50,000, to the Salvation Army and the Half the Sky Foundation to help victims affected by the recent earthquake in China.
IOWA
Denman & Co. LLP, West Des Moines, has received the Better Business Bureau 2008 Integrity Award for Small Business.
NEW YORK
Through its Family for Literacy initiative, KPMG LLP, New York City, has contributed $250,000 and sponsored the distribution of more than 200,000 books to children from low-income families nationwide in 2008 through nonprofit organization First Book.
OHIO
Rea & Associates has opened a new office in Zanesville at 3808 James Court, Suite 3. Shareholder Jim Fracker and principal Chad Bice will spearhead the effort.
PENNSYLVANIA
CrawfordEllenbogen LLC, Edgewood, has been named Employer of the Year by the Pennsylvania Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Inc., District 3.
RHODE ISLAND
Tofias PC, Providence, has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Rhode Island in 2008 by the Best Companies Group and the Providence Business News.
