Kenneth Keller "K.K." Hall (February 24, 1918 – July 8, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Kenneth Keller Hall
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1918 in Greenview, WV
Died 1999 in Charleston, WV
FJC ID: 946
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 425/year
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1971–1976Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1976–1999
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Charleston, West VirginiaHearing Examiner · 1970–1971
- Private practice, Madison, West Virginia1948–1953, 1969–1970
Judge · 1953–1969- Madison, West VirginiaMayor · 1949–1952
- U.S. Naval Reserve1942–1945
Appointments
1976–1999 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
1971–1976 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawJ.D. · 1948