Blake G. Hall, president of the Idaho State Board of Education and trial lawyer, calls Idaho his adoptive home. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1976, graduating magna cum laude from Brigham Young University. He then attended George Washingto n University, where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1979.

  His legal practiceinvolves civil trial, administrative and appellate practice with emphasis in personal injury, tort litigation, insurance defense law, municipal law, civil rights litigation and planning and zoning. He also serves as legal counsel for the Bonneville County Commissioners and many of the southeastern Idaho counties.

   Mr. Hall has provided his assistance to the state by serving on numerous committees such as the Welfare Reform Committee, Medicaid Reform Committee and the Children's Health Insurance Programs Task Force. Currently, he is the chairman of the Regional Development Alliance which oversees economic development activities in the seven counties of southeastern Idaho.