TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 27, 2020

Nashville attorney William Henry Haile II died on Feb. 19 at the age of 76. Haile earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C. Haile worked for Albert Gore Sr. before returning to Nashville and serving as the state’s Assistant Attorney General from 1972 to 1976. He led a trial team that successfully prosecuted James Earl Ray for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., litigation that began in Memphis and ended in the U.S. Supreme Court. Over the course of his career, Haile practiced in civil, criminal and federal law, taught classes at Nashville School of Law and ran for Congress in 1978 as an independent from Nashville’s fifth Congressional District. A celebration of life will take place Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and a reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at West Harpeth Funeral Home and Crematory, 6962 Charlotte Pike, Nashville.