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 | Marc E. Williams
Nelson Mullins
949 Third Ave Ste 200
Huntington, WV 25701
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Practice Areas
Appellate Advocacy, Commercial Litigation, General Litigation, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Mass Tort, Personal Injury Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Toxic Torts & Environmental Law |
Member Bio
Marc Williams is the managing partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s West Virginia office. He has had first chair responsibility for more than 100 jury trials and appeals in his career in both state and federal courts. His practice includes extensive experience in the trial and appellate levels of class actions and other mass torts. His practice includes complex commercial litigation, toxic torts, consumer fraud, intellectual property and trade secrets, and environmental claims. He also has extensive experience in the defense of lawsuits alleging psychological injury, brain injury, medical monitoring, insurance bad faith, and catastrophic injury.
Mr. Williams is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in eight categories: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Appellate Law, Mass Tort Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Railroad Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation. He is also recognized by Chambers USA in Band One (the highest designation) for Commercial Litigation and is listed in West Virginia Super Lawyers.
Mr. Williams recently completed a term as President of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, the 23,000-member international organization of lawyers and corporate counsel who defend the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation. He also serves on the board of directors of Lawyers for Civil Justice, Inc., an organization of corporations and lawyers working for civil justice reform, and on the board of the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, an organization that provides training on civil justice issues to state court appellate judges.
In addition to West Virginia, he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has appeared pro hac vice in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and Indiana.
He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. He is also a former President of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. He was the co-chair of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Civil Justice Committee, which published in August 2003 a critical review of the West Virginia Civil Justice System. Mr. Williams frequently lectures on litigation-related topics to national and local bar groups. He has been a pro bono volunteer for the West Virginia Legal Services Plan where he instructed indigent and at-risk women on how to obtain pro se divorce and domestic violence protection.
He is currently serving as President of the St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation and as a board member of United Way of the River Cities and the Keith Albee Center for the Performing Arts.
He earned his Juris Doctor from West Virginia University in 1985 and a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University in 1982.
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Firm Information
The Firm offers the strength and resources of a national law firm with diverse attorneys and professional staff experienced in a broad range of issues. With a firm Southeastern base, Nelson Mullins has grown into a national firm with a strong reputation in meeting the complex litigation, corporate, securities, finance, employment, regulatory and other needs for clients ranging from private individuals to large businesses, including many publicly held companies. |
Committees
Diversity
Diversity Steering Committee
Law Practice Management
Mass Torts
NFJE Board of Directors
Product Liability
Technology
Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
Trial Tactics
Workers’ Compensation
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