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Bill Walker has the skill and experience needed to effectively represent you in today's complex legal environment.
As a collegiate diver, professional coach and national sports leader, Bill Walker understands the correlation between risk analysis, hard work based on informed decisions and the achievement of objectives, or even dreams in the business world. His 37 years as a lawyer give clients the benefit of real experience applied with a goal-achieving attitude.
Since founding The Law Office of William H. Walker, Chartered in 1980, Bill Walker has counseled hundreds of businesses in commercial law. His legal career began in 1973 when he earned his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and was admitted to practice law. While earning his Juris Doctor, Mr. Walker was also a teaching assistant, executive editor and editor-in-chief of the Stetson Law Review. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami in 1968.
Practice areas
Forming corporations and other entities, advising clients on business formation alternatives, contract preparation and analysis, mergers and dissolutions and business and corporate practice.
49 years, 500 cases
Litigation in the fields of business law, real property, trade secret and non-competition covenants, trust and probate cases, corporate and association/organization litigation, contract litigation, business torts (interference with contracts, slander, libel, statutory torts), construction litigation.
49 years, 1,000 cases
Languages spoken
English
4699 Central Ave Ste 102
Saint Petersburg, FL, 33713-8146
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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FL | Member in Good Standing | 1973 | 05/16/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2017 |
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2016 |
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2015 |
Law Firm Award for Pro Bono Service | Community Law Program, St. Petersburg | 2012 |
Heroes Among Us Award | St. Petersburg Bar Association | 2007 |
The Barney | Barney Masterson Inn of Court | 2006 |
AV Rating | Martindale Hubble | 1994 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Attorney | Law Office of Wm. H. Walker, Chartered | 1980 - Present |
Associate Attorney | Duggar and Walker, PA | 1976 - 1980 |
Prosecutor | Former Assistant State Attorney | 1974 - 1976 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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St. Petersburg Bar Foundation | President | 2017 - Present |
United States Diving Foundaton | Chair | 2012 - Present |
St. Petersburg Bar Foundation | Trustee | 2005 - 2007 |
St. Petersburg Bar Association | President | 2004 - 2005 |
USA Diving, Inc. | President | 1998 - 2002 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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The Paraclete, St. Pete Bar Assn. | Mediation Training, 40 Hours Demystified | 2000 |
USA Diving | Dryland Training Manual | 1998 |
USA Diving | USA Diving Safety Education Manual | 1998 |
Stetson Intramural Law Journal | Rights of the Non-Privity Claimant | 1972 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Stetson University College of Law | Juris Doctor | 1973 |
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