John Hall

John Hall, Vice President

Hall was born in Birmingham. He was a founding member of Children First. John formerly owned the Law Offices of Hall & Hall, LLC. In the three years between 2006 and 2009, he took a leave of absence from his 24 year law career to return to his previous profession of teaching public high school.

Prior to returning to teaching, he founded and was partner of the law firm Hall & Hall in 1998. Before starting his own firm, he was shareholder and partner with the law firm of Rives & Peterson for 16 years. Previous positions also include attorney at Legal Services of Alabama in Birmingham, Social Studies teacher in the public schools of Birmingham and Denver, Colorado; Director of an inner-city day camp (Camp Fire Boys and Girls of Birmingham and JCCEO); and Director of male staff and camp counselor with the "South Carolina Camp for Mentally Retarded Children." 

John received his J.D. degree from the Cumberland School of Law, engaged in post graduate studies work at Colorado State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham in secondary education and history. He graduated from the University of Georgia with an ABJ degree in Journalism (Public Relations).

In 2003, for the second time, Mr. Hall received the “Alabama Citizen of the Year Award” from the Alabama Coalition against Domestic Violence and was appointed by the Governor to Chair the Alabama Council on Violence against Women in 2002. This Council developed and published the Alabama’s first ever Plan to Combat Violence against Women. He served as Co-Chairman and Moderator of the 1996 Alabama Media Summit, “The Media and Our Children – The Good, the Bad, and the Solutions,” held in Montgomery and sponsored by the Governor and the Alabama Press Association. John served on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, United Way agency, the Central Alabama Council of Camp Fire Boys and Girls (serving as President from 1998-1999), and the A+ Research Foundation (working for education reform), and the Summit Children’s Foundation.

In 2013, John received the Birmingham Bar Association's Burton Barnes Public Service Award. He has received numerous awards for his dedication and service to the poor children, women, and families of our state, including the “1996 Children’s Advocate Award,” by Childcare Resources; the “1996 Jefferson Award,” for public service from WBHM, Channel 42 in Birmingham; the “1996 Good Shepherd Award,” from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham; the “1998 Child Advocacy National Certificate of Recognition from the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division;” and was chosen by The Birmingham News Editorial Board as one of six 1996 “Unsung Heroes” in recognition of volunteer community service. John also received the “1997 Distinguished Service Award,” from the Alabama Chief Probation Officers’ Association.  In 1987, he received the “Alabama Citizen of the Year Award” from the Alabama Coalition against Domestic Violence.

John is a graduate of the 1996-97 class of Leadership Birmingham. Other notable honors include working as a Special Assistant Attorney General and serving as Chairman of the Attorney General’s Crime Victim’s Task Force, between 1987 and 1990, which resulted in the passage of 19 laws and was hailed as a “Model for the Nation”.  Statutes John drafted protected the victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, spousal rape, drunk driving, child abuse and elder abuse.

Between 1988 and 1990, he helped lead a team of physicians, forensic experts, and district attorneys to revamp and develop the “Alabama Rape Evidence Collection Kit,” which was utilized in all Alabama hospitals that performed sexual assault exams in Alabama. In the late 1990’s, John chaired a group at the request of Democratic Governor Siegelman and Republican Attorney General Bill Pryor, to update the Evidence Collection Kit in order to make it compatible with the new use of DNA evidence.

As an attorney, John was awarded membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum in 2002, an honorary forum in which membership is extended by invitation only, to attorneys throughout the U.S. who have won two or more multi-million dollar verdicts or settlements. Since becoming an attorney, John has contributed well over 3,500 pro bono hours on behalf of numerous public service efforts. These include authoring and working on the Children First legislative program, co-founding and serving as Chairman and President of Children First Foundation, Inc., Co-Chairman of the Lt. Governor’s School and Youth Violence Task Force, working with the Alabama Senate Education Committee to enhance the 1995 Alabama Education Accountability Act, and serving as Chair of the Alabama Council on Violence Against Women.

In 2010, he helped found and was chosen to be the first Board Chair of the Children First Alliance of Alabama, Inc., and a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. He has helped to lead a weekly Bible study in a prison ministry at Bibb County Correctional facility. 

He is married to Jane Greene Hall and is the father of five children, three step-children, and six grandchildren - Kasza, Isis, Ethan, Sam, Hudson and Jude.