He is also a werewolf, originally turned around the same time as Gunnar, the lead attorney for the law firm and alpha of the Tempe Pack. It's not clear what Hal was originally but based on Gunnar's story in Hammered, he may be as much as 300 years old and was likely from the same area Gunnar was. Hal was Gunnar's second until his death in Hammered, after which Hal because the alpha. After Leif's betrayal, Hal becomes Atticus's primary attorney. Hal is fatally shot in Staked by Werner Drasche using a silver bullet.