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Biography
Bill Major is a senior partner with Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. Bill focuses his practice on issues pertaining to transportation, product liability, professional negligence, civil litigation, insurance issues, financial institution liability, and general liability.
Bill has tried cases in trial courts throughout Georgia as well as in the federal courts and has appeared in the appellate courts of this State on many occasions.
His trial experience includes cases arising out of trucking accidents, product liability, premises criminal assault, professional negligence, malicious prosecution, conversion, trespass, premises liability and chemical exposure claims. He has also participated in numerous mediations and other alternative dispute resolution methods over the years. He has spoken at seminars on a variety of topics to include cross-examination techniques, depositions, effective use of discovery techniques, damages, legal ethics, financial institution liability, trucking company liability, and alternative dispute resolution methods.
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Licensed in Georgia for 43 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 1982
No misconduct found
Location
Hawkins & Parnell , LLP
303 Peachtree Street Northeast Suite 4000, Atlanta, GA, 30308
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Experience
Honors
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2015
Personal Injury Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
2014
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2014
Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2013
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2012
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2011
Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2010
Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2009
Personal Injury Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America©
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2009
Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2005
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2004
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
N/A
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
Work Experience
1982 - Present
Partner, Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP
Associations
Atlanta Bar Association
Member
American Bar Association
Member
State Bar of Georgia
Member
Defense Research Institute
Member
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Member
Old War Horse Lawyers Club
Past President
ALFA International
Product Liability, Retail, Transportation
Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Walker v. Mecca
GEM Indus. v. SunTrust Bank
SunTrust Bank v. Hightower
Education
1982
University of Georgia School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1979
University of Georgia, Athens
BBA
Speaking Engagements
2013
ALFA Transportation Seminar
“Texting and Cell Phone Usage”
2012
ICLE Boating Torts Seminar, Savannah, GA
"Affirmative Defenses, Contributory Negligence, Assumption of the Risk and Non-Party Apportionment"
2012
Atlanta Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
“Ten Things Lawyers Like/Hate about Mediators"
2011
Arkansas Transportation Seminar
“Walking the Walk: Advanced Claim Handling”
2009
Arkansas Transportation Seminar
"Tough Topics in Troubling Times"
2007
ICLE - Georgia
"Strategies for Effective Discovery and Depositions"
2007
Arkansas Transportation Seminar
"The Apology after a Catastrophic Accident"
2006
ICLE - Georgia
"Strategies for Effective Discovery and Depositions"
1996
DRI Damages Seminar
"Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods"
Publications
2013
Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy
“Put The Phone Down: At The End Of The Day What Do The New Rules On Texting And Cell Phone Use Mean To You?”