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Hall was a member of the [[Methodism|Methodist]] denomination.<ref name=whoswho/>
Hall was a member of the [[Methodism|Methodist]] denomination.<ref name=whoswho/>
==Career==
Hall was attending C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport when his father suddenly died in December 1945 at the age of forty-nine. Thereafter, he was sent to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, [[Louisiana State University]], and then the LSU Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], from which he received a [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree in 1953. In 1988, he was made an honorary member of the Order of the Coif at LSU. Like his father, he was highly involved in all levels of the bar association and for several years was the vice chairman of the Louisiana Judicial College.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/press_room/court_column/newsletters/v4n1.pdf|title=Courthouse Renamed for Hall|publisher=Louisiana Supreme Court|date=Winter 2001|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
Hall was attending C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport when his father suddenly died in December 1945 at the age of forty-nine. Thereafter, he was sent to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, [[Louisiana State University]], and then the LSU Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], from which he received a [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree in 1953. In 1988, he was made an honorary member of the Order of the Coif at LSU. Like his father, he was highly involved in all levels of the bar association and for several years was the vice chairman of the Louisiana Judicial College.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/press_room/court_column/newsletters/v4n1.pdf|title=Courthouse Renamed for Hall|publisher=[[Louisiana Supreme Court]]|date=Winter 2001|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
Hall practiced with the Shreveport firm Wilkinson, Woods, Carmody & Hall. He was for four years the assistant city attorney under [[Mayor]] James C. Gardner. On November 3, 1964, Hall was elected to the Caddo Parish School Board, along with the first three [[Republican Party|Republicans]], among those [[Billy Guin]], ever elected to the body.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', November 4, 1964.</ref> In 1970, Hall did not seek reelection to the school board but was instead elected to the ouisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in Shreveport. He remained on the appeal court from 1971 to 1990, the last five as the chief judge. From 1990 to 1994, he served as an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Pike Hall Jr.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007–2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 660.</ref> but stepped down after four years and was succeeded by [[Jeffrey P. Victory]], a Shreveport lawyer elected as a Democrat who later switched parties.
Hall practiced with the Shreveport firm Wilkinson, Woods, Carmody & Hall. He was for four years the assistant city attorney under [[Mayor]] James C. Gardner. On November 3, 1964, Hall was elected to the Caddo Parish School Board, along with the first three [[Republican Party|Republicans]], among those [[Billy Guin]], ever elected to the body.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', November 4, 1964.</ref> In 1970, Hall did not seek reelection to the school board but was instead elected to the ouisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in Shreveport. He remained on the appeal court from 1971 to 1990, the last five as the chief judge. From 1990 to 1994, he served as an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Pike Hall Jr.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007–2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 660.</ref> but stepped down after four years and was succeeded by [[Jeffrey P. Victory]], a Shreveport lawyer elected as a Democrat who later switched parties.
It is my hope that upon seeing the name "Pike Hall Jr." etched onto the front of this building that lawyers who enter will reflect on the significant contributions made by Justice Hall to Louisiana law, the administration of justice, and our state judiciary. Perhaps upon seeing his name, the attorneys and jurists who pass through the doors may even attempt to emulate him. There is no finer role model for a judge or an attorney.<ref name=bio/></blockquote>
It is my hope that upon seeing the name "Pike Hall Jr." etched onto the front of this building that lawyers who enter will reflect on the significant contributions made by Justice Hall to Louisiana law, the administration of justice, and our state judiciary. Perhaps upon seeing his name, the attorneys and jurists who pass through the doors may even attempt to emulate him. There is no finer role model for a judge or an attorney.<ref name=bio/></blockquote>
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