Steve Hall Email & Phone Number

I am currently the Co-Chair of the Estate Planning & Administration Group at Burns White, LLC. My key offerings include:•Simple and Complex Wills•Simple and Complex Trusts•Estate Tax Planning•Special Needs Trusts•Business Succession Planning•Asset Protection•Guardianships•Estate Administration•Advanced Health Care Directives•Powers of AttorneyMy civil litigation responsibilities includes taking evidence and discovery depositions of litigants… Show more I am currently the Co-Chair of the Estate Planning & Administration Group at Burns White, LLC. My key offerings include:•Simple and Complex Wills•Simple and Complex Trusts•Estate Tax Planning•Special Needs Trusts•Business Succession Planning•Asset Protection•Guardianships•Estate Administration•Advanced Health Care Directives•Powers of AttorneyMy civil litigation responsibilities includes taking evidence and discovery depositions of litigants and third party witnesses; defending evidence and discovery depositions of defense experts; taking evidence and discovery depositions of a variety of medical and liability experts; drafting and presenting routine motions, including Motions for Summary Judgment and Motions in Limine; drafting and presenting complex motions, including Daubert and Frye motions; attending site inspections and coordinating the scientific defense of claims; preparing witnesses for trial; presenting direct testimony of lay and expert witnesses at trial; and cross examination of expert witnesses at trial. Show less

Performed all tasks necessary for practice in civil litigation. Areas of practice included professional malpractice, products liability, premises liability, construction litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith, and commercial litigation. Experience included district justice hearings, arbitrations, and various discovery and dispositive motions in various counties in Western Pennsylvania. Trial experience includes second chairing three (3) jury trials to verdict in Allegheny County.… Show more Performed all tasks necessary for practice in civil litigation. Areas of practice included professional malpractice, products liability, premises liability, construction litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith, and commercial litigation. Experience included district justice hearings, arbitrations, and various discovery and dispositive motions in various counties in Western Pennsylvania. Trial experience includes second chairing three (3) jury trials to verdict in Allegheny County. Appellate practice includes Petition for Allowance of Appeal, King’s Bench Petitions, arguing two (2) cases before the Pennsylvania Superior Court, and filing an appellate brief before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Show less

Performed legal research; compiled drafts of legal memorandums, opinions, and orders on criminal, civil, family and probate law issues; reviewed petitions for divorce to ensure compliance with appropriate rules and statutes; attended pre-trial and settlement conferences; and attended trials/hearings and researched issues arising in Court.

Jd, Law

Grade Point Average: 3.51 (With Distinction) Class Rank: 11/97 Judicial Externship – Ohio Supreme Court 1/99 to 5/99

Ba, Political Science