Founded in September of 2004, HHL Group, LLC is a joint effort of partners Joseph E. Kirgesner, CPA, CVA and Laurie B. Price, CPA. Joe and Laurie are advocates for the entrepreneurial spirit, dedicated to working with those individuals who risk everything in hope of making a better life for themselves and their families. We met with Joe and Laurie recently, and listened as they provided us with this overview of their company's offerings;
HHL Group, LLC is a Certified Public Accounting firm offering a full range of accounting, financial, and consulting services, in the areas of tax compliance, tax reporting, and tax planning. We provide financial preparation and attestation services, including audits, reviews and compilations. The Accountancy Board of Ohio has awarded HHL Group, LLC the highest level attainable in peer review. We perform financial analysis and design financial plans, particularly for small businesses and executives. We are also one of a handful of Certified Valuation Analysts (CVA) in northeast Ohio. We work with executives, professional athletes, and individuals working for major corporations who have unique tax and financial situations that can't be solved with a canned solution. We endeavor to remain involved with our clients, meeting with them several times a year to monitor their financial progress and adjust our strategies in accordance with the marketplace.
We strive to build long-term relationships with our clients. Some accountants believe the same solution is appropriate for many different businesses. We know that there are different elements that can be brought together to design a financial plan. We believe that a business person values the resources of a company having 25 years of experience in various industries, working with their bankers, attorneys, and insurance people, and who understand their vendors and their computer consulting needs. They want an independent advocate, someone who understands the small business environment, and will help to round out their management team for them. For many of our clients, our role can best be described as "Vice President of Finance".
In addition to working with small businesses and executives, we also perform forensic work and provide litigation support services. We've been named as an expert witness in over 300 cases since 1985. We assess closely-held businesses, including partial interests, losses and damages, and breach of contract issues. We've also offered testimony in accounting negligence suits, testifying as to damages resulting from the sub-standard work of other accountants.
We also provide business valuations, with more than 200 business valuations for business succession planning, estate planning, litigation support services, domestic relations, or just general banking and other purposes since 1985. Valuation of a closely-held business requires in-depth assessment of internal and external factors, sustainability of their business model, variability of future operations, size of ownership interest valued, and a myriad of other factors.
Our company name, HHL Group, reminds us on a daily basis of what we want to accomplish, not only with our clients, but also in our own lives. HHL stands for Health, Happiness, Light. As an individual, your health is extremely important, but beyond that, you need to be happy in what you do. The light refers to the spiritual, or the balance, if you will, between the different elements of being. In a corporate setting, health represents your balance sheet. You need a strong base of assets and a good organization that's well financed and has a healthy appearance. Happiness represents your business model and cash flow. If you have a sustaining business that does provide value, your customers will return. Light symbolizes dealing with your employees, vendors, customers and others in an ethical, enlightened manner.
Laurie lives in Medina and has practiced here for ten of her twelve years in public accounting. She's been active in the Chamber of Commerce for almost ten years, and has gone through Leadership Medina County, where she currently serves as treasurer. She currently serves on the Board of Medina County's Performing Arts Foundation, and formerly, the SPCA and Project:LEARN, and is extremely active with local soccer organizations. Joe has been practicing in Medina for twenty-three of his twenty-six years, worked with the Chamber of Commerce for over twenty years, graduated from Leadership Medina County in 2002, and served on numerous other local boards. Joe is a past President of the Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce, and Silver Lake Country Club.
We offer our services mainly in Medina, Summit, Stark, Cuyahoga, Portage and Wayne Counties, but we have clients located as far away as Florida, Nevada, Louisiana, California, South Carolina and New York. Our mission in serving these clients is to add value to their financial and tax planning, and to assist in attaining their goals, in a manner which they believe are cost-effective. We also believe it is crucial to add value to the communities we serve through direct and indirect involvement.
At HHL Group, LLC, it's all about doing things the right way, in the right fashion, for the right people. Call HHL Group, LLC today, and don't forget to tell them The Advocate sent you!
