A Williamsburg native and third generation lawyer, Channing M. Hall, III, received his preparatory training at Walsingham Academy, his bachelor's degree at Washington and Lee University, and his legal education at the Marshall Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary.

After completing his post jurisdoctoral degree in taxation at the William and Mary Law School, and working briefly for the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Mr. Hall served as an Attorney Advisor to the Honorable Lawrence J. Whalen, Judge of the United States Tax Court, in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Hall returned home to Williamsburg in 1990, and established the law offices of Channing M. Hall, III. In 1994, he co founded the law firm of Hale & Hall, P.L.L.C., which grew to seven attorneys. He was co managing partner of that firm until 2000, when he formed Channing M. Hall, III, P.L.L.C.

Mr. Hall's professional affiliations include the Williamsburg Bar Association, the Virginia Bar Association, and the Virginia State Bar. Additionally, Mr. Hall has previously served as a Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit Court for the County of New Kent and the County of Charles City.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Hall is a managing director of Botetourt Capital Partners, L.L.C., a private equity investment firm. Mr. Hall also is a partner in a real estate investment venture, which, among other things, owns and operates Esquire III Self- Storage in Williamsburg.

Mr. Hall served as Vice Mayor of the City of Williamsburg from July, 1998, to July, 2002, and was a member of the Williamsburg City Council from July, 1994, to July 2002.

Mr. Hall currently serves on the Board of Directors of Williamsburg Landing, Inc., and the Board of Directors of The Bruton Parish Church Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Hall's other past civic activities include: the Board of Directors of the Virginia Museum of Natural History Foundation; the Vestry of Bruton Parish Church; the Advisory Board of Walsingham Academy; the William and Mary Law School Association (alumni organization), of which he served as President, Vice President, Vice-President for Student Activities, and Treasurer, and where he started the "Co Counsel" mentor program for practicing attorneys to advise students, the Thurgood Marshall Award, and the Oliver Hill Scholarship; Secretary of the Williamsburg Bar Association; the Leadership Historic Triangle Program; the Board of Trustees of the Leadership Historic Triangle Program; the Board of Directors of Avalon, a Center for Women and Children, the local battered women's shelter; and Coach in the Tidewater Youth Lacrosse League. Mr. Hall has also helped a number of community organizations raise funds for charitable causes, including the Historic Triangle Community Services Center, where he was Chairman of the Attorney's Division, and the United Way of Williamsburg, where he was Chairman of the Attorney Section and then the Professional Division.

Mr. Hall has been recognized for his leadership by the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary, the Distinguished Service Award of the Williamsburg Jaycees, and the Outstanding Young Virginian Award of the Virginia State Jaycees.

Mr. Hall is a member of a variety of clubs and other organizations, such as the Pulaski Club, the Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg, the American Alpine Club, where he served on the Mountaineering Fellowship Grants Committee, the Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce, the National Steeplechase Association, the Virginia Steeplechase Association, the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, the Sierra Club, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Churchill Society, the Nature Conservancy, and the Williamsburg Land Conservancy.

When not engaged in the practice of law, Mr. Hall pursues his interest in fly fishing, mountaineering, steeplechase horse racing, and other sporting activities.