Lawyer Profile
Marc E. Williams
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Recognized Since:2008
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Recognized in:Appellate PracticeBet-the-Company Litigation...
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Location:949 Third Avenue, Suite 200Huntington, WV 25701
Marc Williams is the managing partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s West Virginia office.
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- Marshall University, BA, graduated 1982
Bar Admissions:
- West Virginia, West Virginia Bar Admission
Court Admissions:
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
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
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:
- 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 for work in:
- 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
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)
Areas of Expertise:
- 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
Lawyer Practice Areas
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Firm Details
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
26
Office Locations
in 1
Country
Lawyer Case History
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 claims
First chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courts
First chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courts
First chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courts
First chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courts
First chair responsibility
First chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courts
Defense 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 injury
Defense 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 injury
Defense 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 injury
Pro hac vice
Has appeared pro hac vice in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Alabama, and Tennessee
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