William 'Bill' Sims Stone

Mr. Stone is a trial lawyer from Blakely, Georgia, who specializes in personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice, product liability, commercial and consumer fraud cases. He is the senior member of his own firm, STONE LAW GROUP, LLC, 589 College Street, Blakely, Georgia 39823, and 3050 Peachtree Rd. NW, Suite 360, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. The firm's predecessor was founded in 1915 by Mr. Stone's grandfather, the late Wm. Lowrey Stone. Past members of the firm include Mr. Stone's father, Lowrey S. Stone, who formerly served as Chief Judge of Superior Courts, Pataula Judicial Circuit. Mr. Stone was born in Dothan, Alabama, on August 19, 1953. He attended the public schools in Early County, Georgia and graduated from Early County High School in 1971. He attended the University of Georgia College of Business Administration and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a major in accounting on graduation in 1975. Mr. Stone also attended the Netherlands Institute of Industrial Economics near Amsterdam in The Netherlands in 1973. Mr. Stone received his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1977. He was admitted to practice law in the state of Georgia in 1977 and in the state of Alabama in 1985. He is also member of the bars of the United States District Courts for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, the Middle District of Alabama, and the Central District of Illinois, as well as the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. The publishers of the Martindale Hubble Law Directory have awarded Mr. Stone its highest rating (AV) for legal ability and integrity. Mr. Stone is a Life Member and past president of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and is also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Alabama State Bar, the American Association for Justice, and the Southwest Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Stone is one of 3 members of the Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice from Georgia. Mr. Stone is a member of the AAJ President's Club and serves as Co-chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Association for Justice. Mr. Stone has served on the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission that recommends candidates to the Governor for appointment to vacant judgeships in Georgia. Mr. Stone has authored a number of published articles and is a frequent lecturer at legal seminars on the subject of trial practice and tort law. Mr. Stone serves on a number of committees with the State Bar of Georgia, including the Advertising Regulation Committee. Mr. Stone is a past president of the Blakely Rotary Club, and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Blakely. Mr. Stone has five children, Ryals, also a member of Boone & Stone, Katie, James, John and Andrew. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees William 'Bill' Sims Stone included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell State Bar of Georgia, General Practice and Trial Section – Traditions of Excellence Award (Plaintiff’s Practice), 2016 Other Sources of Feedback About William 'Bill' Sims Stone Included on the 2026Georgia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2024 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2023 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2022 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2021 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2020 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2018 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2017 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2016 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2015 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2014 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2013 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2012 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2009 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2008 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2007 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2006 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2005 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2004 Georgia Super Lawyers list

• Founding Member

• Foster v. Landstar, et. al.
• Citation: Civil Action File No. 09-A-1698
• Court: Cobb County State Court
• Year: 2011
• Evans v. The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., et. al.
• Citation: Civil Action File No. 2008-062
• Court: Early County State Court
• Year: 2014

• Blakely Rotary Club, Past President
• First United Methodist Church of Blakely, Member

• Georgia, 1977
• Alabama, 1985
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois

• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Life Member and past president)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• State Bar of Georgia (Advertising Regulation Committee)
• Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission
• State Bar of Georgia (Member)
• Alabama State Bar (Member)
• Southwest Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)