Marc E. Williams
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Recognized since 2008
Huntington, West Virginia
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Railroad Law










Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: http://www.nelsonmullins.com/attorneys/marc-williams
Location
- 949 Third Avenue, Suite 200
Huntington, WV 25701
Education
- Marshall University, BA, graduated 1982
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, West Virginia Bar Admission
Affiliations
- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys - Member
- DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar - Member
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel - Member
- International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- Litigation-related topics to national and local bar groups - Lecturer
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel - Member
- Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California - 2013 Faculty, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy
- West Virginia Legal Services Plan - Pro bono volunteer
- West Virginia Legal Services Plan - Pro bono volunteer
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
246 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
87 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards










Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Charleston, WV (2023)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Charleston, WV (2022)
- Appellate Practice, Charleston, WV (2021)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Charleston, WV (2020)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Charleston, WV (2019)
- Appellate Practice, Charleston, WV (2018)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Charleston, WV (2017)
- Railroad Law, Charleston, WV (2015)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Charleston, WV (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America 2023 for work in:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Appellate Practice
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Railroad Law
Special Focus
- Appellate
- Brain Injury
- Civil Fraud
- Civil Litigation
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Defendants
- Environmental
- Insurance
- Maritime
- Mass Disaster
- Mass Tort
- Product Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Project Finance
- Railroad
- Toxic Tort
Awards:
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America® 2017 Lawyer of the Year, Huntington, W.Va - Appellate Law
- Best Lawyers in America® 2016 Lawyer of the Year, Huntington, W.Va - Class Actions and Mass Torts
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in 11 categories: Appellate Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law,
- Recognized by Chambers USA in Band One (the highest designation) for Commercial Litigation (2008-2017)
- Benchmark Litigation "Local Litigation Star" - Appellate, General Commercial, Product Liability (2018)
- Listed in West Virginia Super Lawyers (2007-2017)
Trial and appellate levels of class actions
Practice includes experience in the trial and appellate levels of class actions and other mass torts, as well as product liability litigation, commercial litigation, toxic torts, consumer fraud, drug and medical device litigation, privacy and data security claimsFirst chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courtsFirst chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courtsFirst chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courtsFirst chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courtsFirst chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courtsDefense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury
Experience in the defense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury, brain injury, medical monitoring, insurance coverage and bad faith, and catastrophic injuryDefense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury
Experience in the defense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury, brain injury, medical monitoring, insurance coverage and bad faith, and catastrophic injuryDefense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury
Experience in the defense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury, brain injury, medical monitoring, insurance coverage and bad faith, and catastrophic injuryPro hac vice
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