Firm news.

Manteca-based Jack E. Gatto & Associates was sold and the practice will operate under the name Newman & Jones Inc. ... Encino-based DePasquale Sadat & Co., LLC has merged with Woodland Hills-based Gilmore Magidoff, LLP and the merged firm has moved to its offices to Woodland Hills ... Chester-based Tom Bower is merging his firm with Susanville-based Haws, Theobald & Auman, P.C. ... Indian Wells-based Thomas F. O'Brien has opened a new accounting and consulting practice in Indian Wells ... Santa Monica-based Gumbiner Savett Inc. welcomed five new members to their tax team to contribute to the relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The CPAs were evacuated from the New Orleans firm, Ericksen, Krentel & LaPorte, L.L.P.: Richard Mueller, tax partner; Gina Ruttley, tax manager; Neal Morris and Stephanie Chauff, tax seniors; and Dustin Doucet, tax staff ... CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services, LLC and Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. is offering temporary employment opportunities to accounting professionals who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. For more information, e-mail [e-mail] ... Morgan Hill-based Carver L. Clinton has volunteered his firm, The Financial Dream Team, USA, to assist Hurricane Katrina Victims in disaster tax relief. For more information, e-mail [e-mail].

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