John Wesley Hall Jr.

John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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Location:

Little Rock, Arkansas

Phone:

501-859-0013
866-621-4946

Fax:

501-378-0888

E-mail:

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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 District of Columbia Circuit, 1975
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 Northern District of Texas, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1973
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1995
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1988
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

Education

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- J.D. - 1973
Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
- B.A. - 1970
- 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), supplemented at www.FourthAmendment.com
Shining the Light in the Darkness of Guantanamo: the U.S. Criminal Defence Bar Takes on the Un-American Military Commissions, Quebec J. Int?l L., 2010
Symposium, 5K1.1 to be Obtained by Perjury--What do Do, What to Do?, 7 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 667, 2010
Professional Responsibility of the Criminal Lawyer, First Edition, LCP, 1987; Second Edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan (West Group), 1996 (Annual Supplement); Third Edition (West Group), 2004
Trial Handbook for Arkansas Lawyers, LCP; First Edition, 1986; Second Edition, 1993; Third Edition (West Group), 1998-Present; Fourth Edition (West Group) 1999-Present
Arkansas Guide to Executive Clemency, 2010
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, Geo. J. Legal Ethics, Vol. 17 No. 1, 2003
Handling Client Perjury After Nix v. Whiteside, A Criminal Defense Lawyers View, 42 Mercer Law Review 769 (symposium piece), 1991
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) and on WESTLAW) (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 (Best Contributor Award), 1984
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, Ethics and Criminal Practice Issues, The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Since 1990

Classes/Seminars

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

Mid-South Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2011
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
Best Lawyers in America , 2000 - 2011

Professional Associations and Memberships

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Life Member, 1990 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, 1983 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Secretary, 2003 - 2004
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Treasurer, 2004 - 2005
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Second Vice-President, 2005 - 2006
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, First Vice-President, 2006 - 2007
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, President-Elect, 2007 - 2008
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, President, 2008 - 2009
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1989 - 1995
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1997 - 2003
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Lawyers Assistance Strike Force, 1994 - 1997
International Association of Criminal Defence Attorneys, Board of Directors, 2002 - 2005
International Association of Criminal Defence Attorneys, Co-Draftsman, International Criminal Court Ethics Rules
International Criminal Bar, 2002 - Present
International Criminal Bar, Co-draftsman, International Criminal Court ethics rules
American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1983 - Present
Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, President, 1987 - 1989
Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Charter Member
Arkansas Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1976 - 1979
International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated, 1991 - 2011

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