Darren was born in Maine and has lived here his entire life. He graduated from Nokomis Regional High in Newport in 1984, and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Maine at Orono in 1989. He passed the Certified Public Accountant exam less than two years later, and started his own accounting firm in 1995. In 2006, he acquired the practice of John L. McCurdy, CPA and merged the two practices under the name McCurdy & Hall, PC.
Darren has been active as a youth sports coach, having coached Farm League and Little League baseball in the community for a total of eight years. He was instrumental in the creation of "B" basketball teams at Holbrook Middle School, serving as the girls' team coach for the first two years of its existence. He then moved on to Brewer High School where he coached basketball for four seasons and soccer for six seasons. He has refereed soccer for nearly 20 years encompassing everything from 7 year olds to Division I college, and is also a basketball referee with IAABO Board #111. He also served as the State Director of Instruction for Soccer Maine.
Darren and his beautiful wife Lori live in Holden with their six children. "It is kind of a Brady Bunch thing" he says of his family, which includes his three step children, Jacob (16), Simon (14) and Madeleine (11), and "the babies" as they are affectionately referred to in the Hall household,
Dawson (4), Abigail (3) and Sophie (1). "It is crowded, noisy, and there's never a dull moment, but they are a lot of fun."
Darren served in the Maine House of Representatives during the 122nd Legislature. He was instrumental in the passage of L.D. 262, An Act to Protect Unborn Children from Acts of Violence. During his two years in Augusta, Darren was so committed to his constituents that he attained a voting percentage of 96.1%, despite getting married, several complications with his wife's pregnancy, and knee surgery. "You do what you have to do and take care of what is important." He was particularly disturbed by his opponent's voting percentage of 51% in the 123rd Legislature. "How do you show up half the time, collect 100% of the pay, and call that representation?"