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Marcy R. Matson

MANAGING PARTner

mail mmatson@hallmatson.law

phone 517-853-2929

Honors and Distinctions

  • Michigan Defense Trial Counsel — Excellence in Defense Award Recipient (2025)

  • American Board of Trial Advocates

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating, the highest rating for professional excellence and ethical standards

  • Michigan Super Lawyers — Medical Malpractice Defense (2018-present)

  • Michigan Journal of Law Reform — Associate Editor

  • District Court Practice — Certificate of Merit Award Recipient

Professional Activities

  • American Board of Trial Advocates

  • Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

  • Women Lawyers’ Association of Michigan, Mid-Michigan Chapter
    Program Chair (1997 – 1998)
    President (1998 – 1999, 1999 – 2000)

  • American Inns of Court, Thomas M. Cooley Chapter Charter Member

  • Case Evaluator, Ingham County Circuit Court

  • Lecturer to hospital risk managers, physicians and medical groups on professional liability risk reduction and litigation management

Publications and Seminars

  • Author, “Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress and Recovery For Mental Anguish,” Michigan Defense Quarterly, Spring 1995

  • Author, “The New MCR 2.604 – Its Far-Reaching and Surprising Implications,” State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section Bulletin, February 1996

Community Service

  • Pro Bono Legal Services

  • Regional Referee Administrator, DeWitt AYSO

  • Capital Area Humane Society, TLC Volunteer

  • Northpointe Community Church, MERGE (5th/6th Grade) Volunteer

Areas of Practice

  • Medical Malpractice Litigation

  • Insurance Litigation

  • Appellate Practice

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1993)

  • Western Michigan University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991)

Bar and Court Admissions

  • State Bar of Michigan (1994)

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan (1994)

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1996)

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Michigan

    • Negligence Section

    • Appellate Section

  • Clinton County Bar Association

  • Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

Professional Experience

  • Managing Partner, Hall Matson PLC (2006 – Present)

  • Partner, Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean, PLC (2000 – 2006)

  • Associate Attorney, Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Foster, PC (1994 – 1997, 1999 – 2000)

  • Senior Claims Representative, ProNational Insurance Company
    (1997-1999)