Robert H. Hale Jr.

Attorney Robert Hale received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990, and also received a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 1994. Mr. Hale was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar and licensed to practice in September 1994. Following law school, Mr. Hale served as a Research and Writing Specialist with the Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Mr. Hale later served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender at the same office. As an Assistant Federal Public Defender, Mr. Hale represented hundreds of clients charged with federal crimes in the United States District Court, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and on petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Hale left the Office of the Federal Public Defender in 1999 to open his own private law practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Hale continues to represent defendants charged with federal crimes, and has also represented hundreds of defendants charged with state offenses ranging from traffic infractions to murder. Mr. Hale is licensed to practice in all North Carolina State Courts. He also has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Robert H. Hale Jr. included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Robert H. Hale Jr. Included on the 2026North Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Office of the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of North Carolina, Research and Writing Specialist
• Office of the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of North Carolina, Assistant Federal Public Defender

• North Carolina, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1996
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Tenth Judicial District Bar