Pro bono/Community Service:

• Hal has served on the Board of the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, Inc. for over ten years, served as President of the organization for eight years and continues to serve as Chairman of the Board. Hal has also served as a deacon and in numerous other capacities at Northside Drive Baptist Church.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Published Works: Usurpation of Corporate Opportunities: Liabilities of the Former Officer or Director, (Co-Author with David C. Jensen) 18 Ga. St. B.J. 150, May, 1982;  Georgia Door-Closing Statute: Who Bears the Burden? 24 Ga. St. B.J.141, February, 1988----Classes/Seminars Taught: Fiduciary Responsibility: Some Basic Principles; Business Torts, ICLE, November 2, 1989;  Subcontractor/Materialmen Lien Law, Atlanta Bar CLE, March 2, 1997;  Lien Rights in Georgia, ICLE Lien Seminar, May 23, 2002;  Liens on Tenant Improvements; Construction Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 22, 2003;  Construction, Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 2, 2004; Protecting the Owner in a Lien Dispute; Construction, Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 6, 2005; Perfecting the Construction Lien, Construction, Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 19, 2006; Statutory Requirements for Claiming and Perfecting a Construction Lien, ICLE Seminar, May 18, 2007;  Thomas v. MCCG; The Decision and Its Implications, 23rd Annual Medical Malpractice Institute, November 29, 2007 - December 1, 2007; Perfecting the Construction Lien, ICLE Lien Seminar in Savannah, Ga, May 22, 2009.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Among numerous verdicts and awards, these may illustrate the breadth of litigation experience: defense verdict for physicians in medical malpractice case involving patient death; verdict for $1.5 million in favor of wholesaler in dispute with vendor who failed to deliver product;  award of over $5 million in punitive damages against competing securities firm for tortious interference with contract; have both obtained and avoided injunctions for securities firms and their employees in times of transition of personnel; award for a landowner in fight over scope of easement rights across his property; judgment for supplier in dispute with other creditor as to priority rights to collateral securing debt; award over $1.2 million for health insurer against an outside agent who assisted a group in obtaining coverage through fraudulent misrepresentations, award of over $1million for owner against contractor involving construction defects in airplane hangar complex.

Representative Clients:

• Medical Center of Central Georgia; SunTrust Investment Securities, Inc.; Home Depot USA, Inc.;  Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.; CareSouth Home Health Services, Inc.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• As an avocational matter, Hal fronts the Cussinwillas, a classic rock/beach band.  See them at www.cussinwillas.com.

Educational Background:

• Cum Laude graduate of the University of Georgia, with general honors, B.A. English., 1976