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Jackson Kelly’s Martha Hall to Speak at National Business Institute West Virginia Trust & Estates Thought Leaders’ Summit
June 5, 2024
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Martha M. Hall
Bio
In addition to being a lawyer, Martha is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She practiced for 18 years as a CPA in Pittsburgh before she attended law school. Her primary CPA practice areas were estate planning and taxation relating to individuals, estates, trusts, and charitable organizations. She uses this experience in her current law practice, where she enjoys meeting clients and working with them on developing their estate plans to benefit family members and charities as well as helping to administer her clients’ estates and trusts.
Martha’s other area of expertise is basketball – she’s a coach, a player, and a fan, particularly of her alma mater, West Virginia University. She’s also a patron of the arts, serving as a board member for Charleston’s Fund for the Arts organization.
Education
- West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2002)
- West Virginia University (M.P.A. in Accounting, 1980)
- Vanderbilt University (B.S. in Business Administration & Mathematics, magna cum laude, 1979)
Admissions
- Pennsylvania ( 2007)
- West Virginia (2002)
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2007)
- United States Tax Court (2006)
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (2002)
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (2002)
Work History
- Jackson Kelly PLLC (2009-Present)
- K&L Gates LLP (2007-2009)
- Jackson Kelly PLLC (2002-2007)
- Certified Public Accountant, licensed in WV and PA (1981-Present)
Professional Organizations
- West Virginia State Bar, Probate Law Committee
- West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Charleston Estate Planning Council, Past President
- North Central WV Estate Planning Council
Community
- Fund for the Arts, President
- Morgantown Rotary Club
Awards
- Order of the Coif
- Patrick Duffy Koontz Leadership Award
- West Virginia Law Review
- Phi Beta Kappa
Speaking Engagements & Publications
Speaking Engagements
- Adjunct Lecturer in wealth transfers and partnership taxation, WVU College of Law (2004-2006)
- West Virginia Tax Institute
- National Business Institute Seminars on Trusts and Estates
Writings and Publications
- “The Impact of Revised UCC Article 9 on the Law of Secured Transactions in West Virginia,” 104 W.Va. L. Rev. 167, 2001
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