About
Bill was born in the west end of Richmond, Virginia in 1960. At the age of 13, he moved to Lynchburg, and later graduated from E.C. Glass High School in 1978.
In 1990, Bill married Margaret, who is also a practicing attorney, and they live in Lynchburg. Together they enjoy traveling, and on their “bucket list” is the hope to attend a professional baseball game in every major league park. They are currently halfway there.
Bill is a member of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association, Lynchburg Bar Association, Campbell County Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Fellows of the Virginia Law Foundation. Bill is a past-President of the Lynchburg Bar Association, has served on the Board of Directors for the Client Protection Fund for the Virginia State Bar, and served as faculty and a lecturer for the Virginia State Bar’s Professionalism Course.
Experience
For almost forty years, Bill has developed an extensive practice in civil litigation with emphasis on personal injury and commercial litigation. Bill has tried more than 200 jury trials to completion in state and federal courts.
Bill serves on the Board of Governors for the Virginia Bar Association (since 2022) and on the Board of Governors for the Senior Lawyer Conference for the Virginia State Bar (since 2023).
Bill has received the following awards and nominations:
- a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review rating (since 2016)
- an AVVO “10” rating since 2016
- a Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation (2021)
- an Advocate, the highest rank, to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) (2009)
- “Best Civil Trial” Attorney, Lynchburg Business Magazine (2016)
- “Best Commercial Litigation” Attorney, Lynchburg Business Magazine (2016)
- “Best Insurance” Attorney, Lynchburg Business Magazine (since 2016)
- “Best Personal Injury” Attorney, Lynchburg Business Magazine (2020)
- “Super Lawyer” (every year since 2020) by peer review, Thomson Reuters
Education
Bill graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. from the University of Richmond, with double majors in Political Science and History, and Honors work in History. Bill graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law in 1985.
Practices
Bill spends the majority of his practice working on personal injury cases, but also has experience with various other areas of law.