Miles "Lew" Lewis Hall Jr.

at the age of 96. Lew was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on August 14, 1924. His father,

after serving as the first city attorney for Ft. Lauderdale, moved his family to the small

town of Miami where he and General Hedrick formed the law firm of Hall & Hedrick.

Lew graduated from Coral Gables Elementary School, attended Ponce and the Riverside

Military Academy. He served as an officer in the Army Air Corp during WWII, then

graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

In 1950, after clerking for the Florida Supreme Court, Lew returned to Miami and joined

the law firm of Hall & Hedrick where he practiced for over 50 years. That same year he

married the love of his life Muriel Fisher Hall, a native Miamian. The two soulmates

recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

Lew was an enthusiastic civic leader serving as president of most every organization he

joined. He served as the campaign chairman of U.S. Senator Spessard Holland, president

of the Dade County Bar Association, president of the Orange Bowl Committee, president

of the Coral Gables Youth Center foundation, the Miami Club and the first vice-president

of the Council of 100.

Besides the law, Lew’s passion was raising cattle on his ranch in DeSoto County and his

farm outside Elsberry Missouri. He spent countless hours on horseback on the prairie

working his cows. Lew dearly loved to hunt too and constantly entertained his friends on

weekend hunting trips at the ranch.

Lew was a wonderful man, great father, and good friend to everyone he met. He is

survived by his wife, Muriel, his two sons, M. Lewis Hall, III, his wife Kay, their children

Miles and Emily and Judge Don T. Hall, his wife Cynthia and their children Parker and

Casey, his brother, Judge Vince Hall and cousin J.P. Vaughn He was preceded in death

by his brother Frank Hall and his granddaughter Allison