Peter W. Hall

Professional career

• After law school, Hall clerked for Judge Albert W. Coffrin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont from 1977 to 1978. He then held the role of an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Vermont from 1978 to 1986, including a period as First Assistant U.S. Attorney. Hall also practiced privately in Vermont from 1986 to 2001 and served as President of the Vermont Bar Association in 1995–1996. He was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1997. From 2001 to 2004, he was the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont.
• U.S. attorney for the District of Vermont, 2001-2004
• Private practice, Vermont, 1986-2001
• first assistant U.S. attorney, 1982-1986
• Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Vermont, 1978-1986
• Law clerk, Hon. Albert W. Coffrin, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1977-1978

Judicial service

• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2004-present
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Hall was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President George W. Bush on December 9, 2003, to fill the vacancy left by Judge Fred I. Parker. His nomination was uncontroversial, supported by Vermont Senators Jim Jeffords and Patrick Leahy, and he was confirmed by the Senate on June 24, 2004, receiving his commission on July 7, 2004. He assumed senior status on March 4, 2021, and passed away a week later from cancer at the age of 72.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
• Hotchkiss School
• Cornell Law School · Juris Doctor

Personal record

Born 1948 · Hartford, CT