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Lawyer, Feared Dead, Is Alive and Practicing


— October 18, 2006

Solo William Britton Hall hadn’t been seen at his office for nearly three months when the disciplinary arm of the State Bar of Texas took the unusual step of filing an application to assume jurisdiction over Hall’s practice. But now Hall has turned up in Conroe, Texas, practicing law again. He says depression caused him to move and prevented him from advising clients he was leaving, but some of his former friends and clients are wondering why he’s been permitted to keep a law license.

Details here from Texas Lawyer via Law.com.


Solo William Britton Hall hadn’t been seen at his office for nearly three months when the disciplinary arm of the State Bar of Texas took the unusual step of filing an application to assume jurisdiction over Hall’s practice. But now Hall has turned up in Conroe, Texas, practicing law again. He says depression caused him to move and prevented him from advising clients he was leaving, but some of his former friends and clients are wondering why he’s been permitted to keep a law license.

Details here from Texas Lawyer via Law.com.

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