Michael G. Eberhart, CPA, CVA - Senior Partner

Mike has spent more than 35 years servicing clients in the oil & gas industry. His experience involves oil field service, oil & gas producers, operators, gas utility companies and drillers. Oil & gas clients have benefited from Mike’s assistance in: obtaining financing, the acquisition and sale of properties, due diligence on prospective acquisitions, business valuations of operations for oil & gas producers, oil field service companies, and provided support to legal counsel for litigation.

• Location:
  Canton, Ohio
• Website:
  Hall Kistler
• Contact Number:
  (330) 453-7633
• Contact Email:
  Email Me

Biography:
Mike has been a member of Hall, Kistler & Company LLP since 1969 and became managing partner in 1990. In 2011, he decided to step down from the managing partner role to spend more time with his clients as senior partner. Mike serves as Chairman of the firm’s Oil & Gas Service Group and is the firm’s Management Advisory Service Partner and SEC Partner.

Mike has brought tremendous stability to Hall, Kistler and has helped to develop a number of the firm’s niches, most notably Oil & Gas. Mike has spent more than 35 years servicing our clients in the oil & gas industry. His experience involves oil field service, oil & gas producers, operators, gas utility companies and drillers. Mike’s skills include auditing, financial statement preparation, tax planning, return preparations and performing due diligence in reserve acquisitions for these entities, both privately-held and publicly-held. He has also provides expert testimony for the industry and its investors.

Our oil & gas clients have benefited from Mike’s assistance in: obtaining financing, the acquisition and sale of properties, due diligence on prospective acquisitions, business valuations of operations for oil & gas producers, oil field service companies, and provided support to legal counsel for litigation.

Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting from Walsh University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Ohio Oil & Gas Association, the Council of Petroleum Accountant’s Societies-Appalachia, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analyst (NACVA), and participates in several committees within the NACVA. Mike also serves on the Business Valuation Committee of BKR International, a global association of financial professionals.

In addition, Mike is actively involved in many community service organizations. He serves on the Economic Development Committee of the Canton Regional Chamber; he is past chair and current board member of Goodwill Industries, is on the advisory board of Walsh University and a Congress Lake Club board member.