Halsey received his undergraduate degree in 1977 from Cornell University before earning his law degree in 1980 from Emory University School of Law, where he received the Best Brief Award in the Law Day Competition and served as President of the Student Bar Association. His association with Emory continues to this day as a Master, Executive Committee Member, and former President of the Cooper Inn of Court. Halsey has always been an active member of the legal community and is currently serving as the president of the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society, the State Bar of Georgia’s state-wide Business Court Committee, and just finished serving as the Vice Chair on the State Bar of Georgia’s Disciplinary Review Board. Halsey frequently speaks on jury selection, crisis management, business litigation and alternate dispute resolution topics.