William S. Williams

William S. Williams specializes in the practice areas of automobile and commercial trucking accidents, product liability, maritime, aviation, general negligence and legal malpractice cases. He has practiced exclusively in this area since 1988 throughout the state of Florida. William is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, which is the highest level of recognition for attorney competency and experience. He is also a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. William had his first $1 million case before he was thirty years old. Among his numerous accomplishments, William obtained the largest wrongful death verdict in Alachua County, Florida, at the time, and has the largest verdict in the history of Sumter County, Florida. In 2011, William obtained a 14 million dollar verdict in a class action suit involving inverse condemnation. William is a graduate of Stetson University College of Law and has served on the school's Board of Overseers. William is a fourth generation Floridian and Palm Beach County native. His great-grandfather, Henry J. Sterling, was one of the earliest pioneers of southern Palm Beach County and was a founder of the area that later became Delray Beach in the late 1800's. His grandfather, William C. Williams, Jr., was a Senator and surgeon and was one of the founders of Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach. Click here to read a newspaper article about the Sterling family. The Sterling is also featured in a Palm Beach County history publication. His father, William C. Williams, III, was a long-time Circuit Court Judge in Palm Beach County. Williams' family was recently honored with the Fannie James Pioneering Award by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees William S. Williams included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors US News & World Reports, Best Lawyers in America: 2021 Florida Super Lawyers- Plaintiff Personal Injury, Product Liability and Plaintiff Professional liability- 2008-2019 South Florida Legal Guide – Top Lawyer Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Product Liability – 2012-2017 Florida Super Lawyers – Top 5% of Attorneys in Florida – 2012-2017 Florida Trend Magazine – Legal Elite Boca Raton Magazine Best Lawyer, 2016 Florida Justice Association – First Place – Statewide Mock Trial Competition Martindale Hubbell – AV Rating Martindale Hubbell – Preeminent Lawyer AV rating, 2015 University of Florida – Presidential Recognition Award for Leadership Historical Society of Palm Beach County – Fannie James Award Other Sources of Feedback About William S. Williams Included on the 2026Florida Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list 2024 Florida Super Lawyers list 2023 Florida Super Lawyers list 2022 Florida Super Lawyers list 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list 2020 Florida Super Lawyers list 2019 Florida Super Lawyers list 2018 Florida Super Lawyers list 2017 Florida Super Lawyers list 2016 Florida Super Lawyers list 2015 Florida Super Lawyers list 2014 Florida Super Lawyers list 2013 Florida Super Lawyers list 2012 Florida Super Lawyers list 2011 Florida Super Lawyers list 2010 Florida Super Lawyers list 2007 Florida Super Lawyers list 2006 Florida Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Lecturer, “Advanced Trial Skills and Medical Jurisprudence”, Stetson University College of Law, 1988 - 1991
• Lecturer, “Advanced Trial Skills and Medical Jurisprudence”, Stetson University College of Law, 2000 - 2002
• Lecturer, “How to Combat Defendant’s Attack on Damages,”, ATLA Seminar, Dallas, TX, 1995 - Present
• Seminar (2004): Florida Justice Association
• Former Lecturer: American Association for Justice

• $11,000,000 Settlement - Product Liability/Wrongful Death
• $1,500,000 Settlement - Auto Accident/Pedestrian
• $740,000 Settlement - Auto Accident/Cervical Fusion
• $550,000 Settlement - Auto Accident/Cervical Fusion
• $1,250,000 Settlement - Auto Accident/ Neck & Back
• $1,100,000 Settlement - Auto Accident/ Back Surgery
• $300,000 Settlement - Auto Accident/ Neck Injury
• $250,000 Settlement - Auto Accident / Neck Injury
• $52,000,000 Verdict - Citrus Canker

• Trustee: Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches
• Board of Directors: Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park, West Palm Beach
• Board of Directors: Executive Committee Member, Boy Scouts of America Gulfstream Council
• Charter Member and Board of Directors: Delray Beach Historical Society
• Trustee by Gubernatorial Appointment: Historic Preservation Board of Palm Beach County
• Member and Board of Benefactors: Historical Society of Palm Beach County
• Board of Directors: Internet News Agency
• Board of Advisors, Florida Mezzanine Fund, Orlando

• Florida, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1987
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1987
• Specialties and Certifications
• Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education

• Member, Society of Colonial wars
• Member: Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (By right of Descent)
• Federalist Society, Member
• Board of Overseers, Stetson University College of Law
• Member: Scandinavian-American Foundation
• Chairman: Grievance Committee 15(a): The Florida Bar
• Member: Florida Justice Association
• Member: Florida Lawyers Action Group
• Former Program Chair – Jury Selection Seminar and Automobile Negligence
• Former Vice-Chairman – Grievance Committee and Civil Trial Certification Committee: The Florida Bar
• Former: Omicron Delta Kappa National Scholastic and Leadership Honorary
• Former: Order of Omega National Greek Leadership Honorary
• Former Board of Directors and Young Lawyers Section Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association
• Former Mock Trial Board: Stetson University College of Law