Martin J. Hagan has represented clients for over forty years in the areas of estate planning and administration, special needs trusts, elder law, estate and gift taxation, and estate and trust litigation. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and former chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee.
Martin received his A.B. degree from the University of Notre Dame, and his J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Notre Dame Law Review.
Martin is the Editor and Principal Author of Drafting Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania, 4th Edition, published by PBI Press. He also authored the chapter entitled “Health Care Directives and Decision-Making,” which is included in Elder Law in Pennsylvania, 4th Edition, also published by PBI Press. Martin has published on estate planning topics in the journal Trusts & Estates.
Martin is a frequent speaker on topics dealing with estate and trust planning, durable powers of attorney, and financial exploitation of the elderly. Most recently, he presented a paper entitled “Drafting Substance Abuse Trusts for Children and Grandchildren” at the Pennsylvania Estate Law Institute in Philadelphia, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Martin was the Keynote Speaker at the 40th Annual Red Mass, co-sponsored by the Diocese of Greensburg and St. Vincent Archabbey.
Read the text of Martin’s Red Mass address, entitled Being the Right One: Reflections on Generosity
Since 2001 Martin and his wife, Susan, have served as foster parents for newborn infants through the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh.
In his leisure time, Martin plays Bb clarinet in a community band that performs throughout the greater Pittsburgh area.