| Kenneth Keller Hall | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Term Start: | February 24, 1998 |
| Term End: | July 8, 1999 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Term Start1: | September 3, 1976 |
| Term End1: | February 24, 1998 |
| Appointer1: | Gerald Ford |
| Predecessor1: | John A. Field Jr. |
| Successor1: | Robert Bruce King |
| Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia |
| Term Start2: | December 6, 1971 |
| Term End2: | September 26, 1976 |
| Appointer2: | Richard Nixon |
| Predecessor2: | John A. Field Jr. |
| Successor2: | John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. |
| Birth Name: | Kenneth Keller Hall |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Greenview, West Virginia |
| Death Place: | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Education: | West Virginia University College of Law (JD) |
Kenneth Keller 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.
Born in Greenview, West Virginia. He graduated from Scott High School,[1] where he was the captain of the football team. He attended New River State College and Morris Harvey College.[2] He moved to Washington, D.C. and worked a government employee in civil service. He served in the United States Naval Reserve during the World War II era, from 1942 to 1945 and was discharged as a lieutenant. He received a Juris Doctor from West Virginia University College of Law in 1948, and was in private practice in Madison, West Virginia from 1948 to 1953, also serving as Mayor of Madison from 1949 to 1952. He was a judge of the West Virginia 25th Judicial Circuit in Madison from 1953 to 1969, returning to private practice there from 1969 to 1970. He was a Hearing Examiner for the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals of the Social Security Administration in Charleston, West Virginia from 1970 to 1971.
Hall was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 22, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia vacated by Judge John A. Field Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 1, 1971, and received his commission on December 6, 1971. His service was terminated on September 26, 1976, due to elevation to the Fourth Circuit.
Hall was nominated by President Gerald Ford on August 26, 1976, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated by Judge John A. Field Jr. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 1, 1976, and received his commission on September 3, 1976. He assumed senior status on February 24, 1998. His service was terminated on July 8, 1999, due to his death in Charleston.