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Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer
William S. Williams specializes in the practice areas of Automobile, Motorcycle, Pedestrian, Commercial Trucking collisions, Product Liability, Maritime, Aviation, Premises Liability, Chemical Exposure, Liquor Liability/Dram Shop, General Negligence and Legal Malpractice cases throughout Florida. He has practiced exclusively in this area since 1988 throughout the state of Florida. William is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, which is the highest level of recognition for attorney competency and experience. William had his first $1 million case before he was thirty years old. He has represented individuals from throughout the State of Florida, the United States and around the world who have been catastrophically injured or have lost a family member in a tragedy in Florida.
Since 2010, he has obtained verdicts and settlements in excess of seventy million dollars on cases in the State of Florida. Mr. Williams obtained the largest wrongful death verdict in Alachua County, Florida and has the largest verdict in the history of Sumter County, Florida. In 2011, William obtained an $18 million dollar verdict in a class action suit involving inverse condemnation; a state record, as well as prior multimillion dollar verdicts in civil action cases totaling over $30 million dollars in 2014.
William S. Williams is from one of the oldest families in the United States of America and a member of one of America’s founding families who arrived in 1637. Members of his family were involved in the settlement and protection of the western part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the French and Indian Wars, as well as one being a founder of Williams College, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of Yale University. William is also a fourth generation Floridian and Palm Beach County native. His great-grandfather,Henry J. Sterling, was one of the earliest pioneers of southern Palm Beach County and was a founder of the area that later became Delray Beach in the late 1800’s. His father, William C. Williams, III, was a long-time Circuit Court Judge in Palm Beach County. Williams' family was also honored by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County for their many contributions to the county.
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Practice Areas
33%-50%
State: Florida
Acquired: 1987
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515 North Flagler Drive, 10th Floor, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401
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Posted by Ms. Len | December 17, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Attorney Williams, I want to thank you for the excellent work you did as my attorney. You dazzled me with your prompt responses and attention to detail really meant a lot to me. I also would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for all the care and concern you have shown me, and for workin...
Posted by Paula | September 4, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Attorney Willliams represented us for an accident where my husband was injured through no fault of his own. He was honest with us in setting expectations and outcomes. He was very professional in his representation of us. He stayed in communication with us. He dealt with the company, their attorneys...
Posted by anonymous | February 6, 2015
Attorney Bill Williams responded to my initial call quickly. He was compassionate and seemed genuinely concerned about my well being. He also was also readily available to me throughout my case. I was in a very bad automobile accident and needed professional assistance. I unfortunately was hit a...
Posted by Jim Lucas, Legal Graphicworks | December 9, 2014
As a litigation support firm, we have worked with Mr. Williams for many years on highly complex personal injury cases. He is a first rate trial attorney with a proven track record. He and his staff are very professional, and it is always a pleasure working with them.
Posted by Richard | October 12, 2014
I highly recommend Bill S. Williams as your personal injury lawyer. Bill S. Williams represented me in a very complex case involving many accidents over a number of years. Each new accident added complexities to the previous accidents. I needed a lawyer and law firm with the experience, knowledge, an...
"I endorse this lawyer. Bill Williams is the real deal: an excellent trial attorney in Palm Beach who handles wrongful death, personal injury and other civil wrongs with high dollar values. Bill uses his years of court room experience trying cases to educate clients and resolve their disputes. He works hard to get a recovery for clients and advise them of the law. Bill is smart, focused and very much a strong advocate for his clients. Bill Williams is an outstanding attorney."
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1987
JD - Juris Doctor
1984
BA - Bachelor of Arts
1995
How to Combat Defendant’s Attack on Damages
1988
Advanced Trial Skills and Medical Jurisprudence
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