Eric P. Hall

Eric P. Hall leans upon his years of work developing and cross-examining experts to build unique and aggressive courtroom trial strategies. He has been first chair trial counsel in asbestos cases and other civil matters and is frequently called upon by clients across the country who trust his ability to deliver an organized and outstanding trial performance. As a past amateur boxer, he is no stranger to pressure and excels in courtrooms just as he did in the “squared circle.”

He’s also skilled in developing corporate witnesses from the ground up, calling upon his extensive experience with the scientific and medical literature as well as regulatory issues and historical landmarks in asbestos matters. As a leader in the asbestos defense bar, he is regularly asked to speak at asbestos litigation seminars.

Hall also handles cases involving music law contracts and trademarks. His interest in this area of law began through his work as a professional musician, record label owner, and voting member of The Recording Academy of the United States (the association that presents the Grammy Awards.)

As part of his belief in the importance of giving back to the community, Hall uses his background as a retired amateur boxer to enhance his pro bono legal work for area amateur boxers and trainers. 

Education

• Southern Illinois University School of Law, J.D., 2001
• University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, B.A. in English, 1997

LAW SCHOOL HONORS/INVOLVEMENT

• Southern Illinois University Law Review
  • Editor

Admissions & Affiliations

• Illinois
• Missouri
• U.S. District Courts for the
  • Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of Illinois
  • Western District of Missouri

Honors & Awards

• Best Lawyers in America (2018-2025)
  • "Lawyer of the Year" – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants (St. Louis) (2022, 2024)
• Illinois Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2013-2014)
• Illinois Leading Lawyers (2018-2025)

News

Events & Speaking Engagements

• "Current Trends, Procedures, and Practices in St. Clair County, IL," HarrisMartin's Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference (St Louis MO, 2022).

• “50 Things You Must Know to Defend an Asbestos Case,” HeplerBroom University (2022).

• “How to Prepare a Toxic Tort Case,” HeplerBroom University (2021).

• “Client Relation Skills 101,” HeplerBroom University (2021).

• “How to Defend Asbestos Cases Based on Circumstantial Evidence,” DRI’s 40^th Asbestos Medicine Seminar (virtual, 2020).

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• “Remote Proceedings in Madison County in 2020 and Beyond,” HarrisMartin's Midwest Asbestos Litigation (virtual, 2020).
• “When the Dust Settles on Music and the Law,” DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar (Austin TX, 2018).
• “Debunking the ‘Reptile’ Strategy,” Defense Asbestos Litigation Seminar (Orlando FL, 2017).
• “Current Trends in Medical Defenses & Trial Strategy in Asbestos Litigation,” HeplerBroom University (Edwardsville IL, 2015).

• “Frye & Daubert: Issues on Admissibility of Expert Testimony,” HeplerBroom University (Edwardsville IL, 2014).

• “Developing a Corporate Story and Defending Against a State-of-the-Art Expert,” HeplerBroom University (Edwardsville IL, 2013).

• “Expert Witnesses: The Key to the Case and Discovery and Evidence in Toxic Tort Cases,” National Business Institute, Inc. (2013).

• “Erionite: Are We Finished Talking Turkey?” Included in Talc, Erionite and Zeolite: Contamination and Alternative Exposures – Not Always What They Seem, DRI Asbestos Medicine (2012).

• “Smoking, Life Expectancy, Disease Causations in Litigation,” HeplerBroom University (Edwardsville IL, 2012).

• “Finding, Hiring, and Preparing an Expert Witness for Disclosure and Depositions,” HeplerBroom University (Edwardsville IL, 2009).

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Publications

• “Vanquishing the Reptile and Using the Reverse Reptile Strategy,” IDC Quarterly (2^nd Quarter 2016).
• “It Runs in the Family: Genetics and Cancer,” The Illinois Manufacturer (Summer 2012).
• “Erionite: And You Thought Crocidolite Was Bad?” DRI Asbestos Medicine (Nov. 2008). (Co-Author)