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About William
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
Practice areas
- Litigation: 75%
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.
44 years, 1,000 cases
- Business: 25%
Forming corporations and other entities, advising clients on business formation alternatives, contract preparation and analysis, mergers and dissolutions and business and corporate practice.
44 years, 500 cases
Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Member in Good Standing | 1973 | 01/30/2017 |
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Company name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Major | Degree | Graduated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stetson University College of Law | N/A | Juris Doctor | 1973 |
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