The Law Firm of Hall & Hall, LLP is a full service law firm consisting of 4 partners and over 10 additional support personnel. The practice consists mainly of the following general areas: Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Construction Contracts, Mechanic’s Liens, Real Estate Litigation, Mortgage Foreclosures, Banking, Will Drafting, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Estate Administration including Probate and Administration,Contested Estate Proceedings including Contested Probates and Accountings, Guardianship Proceedings, Business and Corporate Law, General Commercial Litigation; Hospital Law and Physician Representation.

Our firm has secured the Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV which is the highest rating available to law firms.

The roots of the firm are traced back to its founding by Albert C. Fach in 1905. In 1949 the firm became known as Fach & Sipp when John L.F. Sipp joined the firm. In 1969, the firm became Fach, Sipp & Hall and in 1974 it became the Law Offices of John G. Hall when John L.F. Sipp assumed the Chairmanship of Staten Island Savings Bank, now known as SI Bank & Trust. In 1992, Thomas J. Hall became a partner and the firm assumed its present name of The Law Firm of Hall & Hall, LLP. In 2003, Lainie R. Fastman became a partner. In 2000, Julia Hall Perednia became a partner.

The New Jersey branch of our firm, located in Lincroft, New Jersey, a full service office as well, is being managed by our capable partner, Julia Hall Perednia. Our partner Lainie R. Fastman, who has been with the firm since 1986, primarily focuses on trusts and estates; litigation in the probate court; estate planning; guardianships and elder law. Our partners work together and complement each other to be able to deliver the superior services our clients are accustomed to. Our partners have held leadership positions in state and local Bar Associations and have had a variety of experience in the law including positions as law assistants to Judges, legislative counsel to the State Legislature and service on the Board of Counsel to a major title insurer. The firm's partners have lectured before the Richmond County Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers and the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The firm's partners have contributed to publications of the New York State Bar Association including its videotape series on Real Estate transactions and its book on mortgage foreclosures. Their articles have also been featured in the New York Law Journal, the CPA Journal, the New York State Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section Law Review, the New York State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Law Section, the New York Law School Law Review, Equitas, and the New York Times.

The firm maintains an efficient and modern utilization of computer technology to deliver legal services. This enables us to efficiently deliver a legal product of the highest quality.

Our representative clients include Sovereign Bank; Wohl & O'Mara Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers; State of New York Mortgage Agency; First American Title Insurance Company of New York; and Victory World Wide Transportation, Inc. The firm and its predecessor firms represented Staten Island Savings Bank for almost 100 years until its merger with Independence Community Bank. It continued representing Independence Community Bank after the merger. Independence Community Bank has merged with Sovereign Bank which the firm continues to represent.