John Wesley Hall Jr.

John Wesley Hall

Current Employment Position(s):

Founding Partner

Areas of Practice:

95% Criminal Law
5% Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Litigation & Appeals

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Arkansas, 1973
District of Columbia, 1975
Tennessee, 1987
Nevada, 1993
New York, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1973
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1984
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1973
U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1973
U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1987
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1999
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1999
U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 2000
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2003
U.S. District Court North District of Texas, 2008

International Criminal Court, The Hague, 2005

Education:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1973
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1970
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major: English

Published Works:

Search and Seizure, First Edition, LCP, 1982; Second Edition, Vol. 1, 1991; Vol. 2, 1993: Third Edition, 2000, Lexis Law Publishing (Annual Supplement), with e-supplement

Professional Responsibility in Criminal Defense Practice, First Edition, LCP, 1987; Second Edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan (West Group), 1996 (Annual Supplement); Third Edition (Thomson-West), 2005

Trial Handbook for Arkansas Lawyers, LCP; First Edition, 1986; Second Edition, 1993; Third Edition(West Group), 1998-Present; Fourth Edition (Thomson-West) 1999-Present

Arkansas Guide to Executive Clemency (2010 ed.)

DNA, Understanding, Controlling and Defeating the New Evidence of the 90s (3 Volumes, Approx. 4,200 Pages), Co-Compiler and Co-Editor with B. Scheck and P. Neufeld, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990

Arkansas Extradition Manual,Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association, 1978

Arkansas Prosecutors Trial Manual, Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association, (Editor and Chapter Author), 1977

Essay,Government Surveillance of Attorney-Client Communications: Invoked in the Name of Fighting Terrorism, 17 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 145 (2003)

Handling Client Perjury After Nix v. Whiteside, A Criminal Defense Lawyers View, 42 Mercer Law Review 769 (1991) (symposium piece)

Defensive Defense Lawyering or Defending the Criminal Defense Lawyer From the Client, 11 University of Arkansas Little Rock Law Journal 329 (1989) (reprinted in at least six publications, including 2 Criminal Practice Law Review 281 (1990) (Best Article Award)

In Defense of the Fourth Amendment Exclusionary Rule-A Reply to Attorney General Smith, 6 University of Arkansas Little Rock Law Journal 227 (1984) (Best Contributor Award)

The Prosecutors Subpoena Power,33 Arkansas Law Review 122 (1979)

Official Misconduct Under the Arkansas Criminal Code, 30 Arkansas Law Review 160 (1976)

The Bounds of Prosecutorial Summation in Arkansas, 28 Arkansas Law Review 55 (1974)

Occasional Columnist on ethics and criminal practice issues, The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Since 1990

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Speaker, Legal Ethics and Search and Seizure, Continuing Legal Education / Over 100 presentations in Approx. 35 states, Canada, and The Hague, 1983 - Present

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law, Little Rock; 1985 and 1988

Lecturer, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Graduate School of Criminal Justice, 1991

Honors and Awards:

NACDL's 22nd Annual Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award for Service to NACDL and the criminal defense bar, 2002

Champion of Justice Award, Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2003

Best Article, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1989

Best of CLE Award, Arkansas Bar Association, 1997

Outstanding Contributor Award, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships:

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member since 1983, Life Member since 1990

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Secretary, 2003-04; Treasurer, 2004-05; Second Vice-President, 2005-06; First Vice-President, 2006-07; President-Elect, 2007-08; President, 2008-09

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Board of Directors, 1989-1995 and 1997-2003

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 8th Circuit Regional Coordinator, Lawyers Assistance Strike Force, 1994 - 1997

International Association of Criminal Defence Attorneys, Board of Directors, 2002 - 2005
Co-Draftsman, International Criminal Court Ethics Rules

International Criminal Bar, 2002 - Present
Co-draftsman, International Criminal Court ethics rules

American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1983 - Present

Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1987 -1989 President)
Charter Member

Arkansas Bar Association (1976 - 1979 House of Delegates)

First Amendment Lawyers Association

International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law

Past Employment Positions:

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas, Career Criminal Division Chief, 1973 - 1979

Arkansas Supreme Court, Associate Justice Conley Byrd, Law Clerk, 1974

Birth Information:

1948, Watertown, New York, United States of America

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