Martin Hall

Office Location

United States

Short Biography

I have recently established my own firm, HALL & DIANA LLC, in Boston. I practiced at Ropes & Gray LLP from 1985-2023 and chaired the firm's Private Client Group from 2006 until it was disbanded in 2023. I am a Fellow in ACTEC (past Chair of Charitable Planning Committee; former President of the ACTEC Foundation) and have been active in the Tax Section of the ABA (past Chair of the Estate and Gift Taxes Committee). I grew up in the UK. I hold law degrees from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, and Boston University School of Law. I came to the United States in 1982 to take up a one-year position as a Teaching Fellow and Lecturer-in-Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Listen

What was your first job?

Delivering newspapers at the crack of dawn

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Too many changes in 2023. I look forward to stability. In the US I expect more focus on the looming sunset of the estate and gift tax exemption.