John Hall is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and is a 1996 honors graduate of Jackson State University. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in the Fall of 1998 where he was the Honor Council Chair. He began his legal career in the Spring of 1999 where his practice was primarily focused in the areas of insurance and municipality defense. John joined the Brunini firm in the Spring of 2001, where he concentrates his current practice in general civil litigation, including products liability cases, health care, insurance litigation and corporate defense. John has successfully tried nearly twenty bench and jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the State of Mississippi. He is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Mississippi and Tennessee. John is an active member of the Mississippi Bar Association, the Magnolia Bar Association, the Hinds County Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. John has taught several Continuing Legal Education seminars for the National Business Institute, Magnolia Bar Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association. John dedicates significant time mentoring high school, college, and law students.

Representative Matters

• Obtained an order of dismissal with Robert Gibbs for the Penn National Gaming Company on an interlocutory appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.  The matter, pending in the Hinds County Circuit Court, involved a wrongful death "dram shop" action against Penn National, and its subsidiary Casino operator, Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis.  The Supreme Court held that the Casino operator's retail alcohol permit could not be attributed to the operator's parent company, and thus Penn National was not liable under Mississippi's dram shop law, which only created liability for the permit holder and the employees of the permit holder.  
   

Speeches & Publications

• Simpson v. City of Pickens, 761 So.2d 855 (Miss. 2000)
• Brown v. North Jackson Nissan, Inc. 856 So.2d 692 (Miss.App. 2003)
• "How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in Mississippi"
  National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education Series (2003, 2004);
• "Advanced Trial Advocacy in Mississippi"
  National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education Series (2005);
• "Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Mississippi"
  National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education Series (2005);
• "Winning Your First Civil Trial in Mississippi"
  National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education Series (2005)

Community & Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• Leadership Greater Jackson (2009 - 2010)
• Mississippi Bar Association (Attorney Coach for High School Mock Trial Competition)
• Magnolia Bar Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Trial Academy Coach
• Defense Research Institute
• Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court
• National Business Institute Faculty Member
• YMCA Youth Baseball and Football Coach
• Northside YMCA Board of Directors