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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SCHWARZ MARK E   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC [HAF] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 CRESCENT COURT, STE 1400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/21/2006 (Street) DALLAS, TX 75201 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/21/2006   P   400 (3) A $ 9.15 14,579,529 D (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SCHWARZ MARK E 200 CRESCENT COURT STE 1400 DALLAS, TX 75201	X	X	Executive Chairman
NEWCASTLE PARTNERS L P 200 CRESCENT COURT STE 1400 DALLAS, TX 75201	X	X	Executive Chairman
NEWCASTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 200 CRESCENT COURT STE 1400 DALLAS, TX 75201	X	X	Executive Chairman
NEWCASTLE CAPITAL GROUP LLC 200 CRESCENT COURT STE 1400 DALLAS, TX 75201	X	X	Executive Chairman

Signatures

Newcastle Partners, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., its general partner, By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, by:/s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member		11/22/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, By: /s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member		11/22/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C., By: /s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member		11/22/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Mark E. Schwarz		11/22/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Newcastle Capital Management, L.P. ("NCM") is the general partner of each of Newcastle Partners, L.P. ("NP"), Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund I, L.P. ("NSOFI"), Newcastle Special Opporunity Fund II, L.P. ("NSOFII") and Newcastle Focus Fund II, L.P. ("NFF"). Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. ("NCG") is the general partner of NCM and Mark E. Schwarz ("Schwarz") is the managing member of NCG. Accordingly, each of NCM, NCG and Schwarz may be deemed to beneficially own the shares directly owned by any of them.
(2)	Includes (1) 48,821 shares owned by Mr. Schwarz and 2,084 shares which may be acquired by Mr. Schwarz pursuant to stock options exercisable on or within 60 days; (2) 11,253,394 shares owned by NP; (3) a total of 3,274,830 shares owned by NSOFI and NSOFII, and (4) 400 shares owned by NFF.
(3)	Shares acquired by NFF.

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