William S. Walton
Office Information
William is an AV-Rated attorney in our Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on Insurance Law, Professional Liability Defense, Personal Injury Litigation, White Collar Crime, Business and Commercial Disputes, and Employment Litigation among others.
Biography – View PDF Bio
- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1984
- U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Eastern, Middle, Western
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 6th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Tennessee Court of Appeals
Distinctions
- AV-Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 2011-2020
- Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
- Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Judge General's Advocate Corps, 1985-1988
Education & Honors
- University of Tennessee, J.D., with high honors, 1984
- Order of the Coif
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Moot Court Board
- Casenotes Editor, University of Tennessee Law Review
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., cum laude, 1981
- Distinguished Military Graduate
- Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator, 2016
Experience
- Westfeld v. Federal Republic of Germany, 633 F.3d 409 (6th Cir. 2011); FSIA claim.
- Lufkin v. Conner, 338 S.W.3d 499 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010); legal malpractice.
- Strong v. Baker, 2008 WL 859086 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008); legal malpractice.
- McDonald v. Calhoun, 2007 WL 4460069 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007); medical malpractice.
- Johnson v. S & S Screw Company et. al., 2004 WL 239756 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004); commercial litigation.
- Sommer v. Davis, 317 F.3d 686 (6th Cir. 2003); medical malpractice.
- Hogan v. Coyne Intern., 996 S.W.2d 195 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998); commercial litigation.
- Devore v. Deloitte & Touche, 1998 WL 295024 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998); employment discrimination.
- Rose v. H.C.A. Health Services of Tennessee, Inc., 947 S.W.2d 144 (Tenn. Ct. App 1996); medical malpractice/products liability.
- Davidson Equipment v. Deloitte & Touche, 1993 WL 295024 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993); accounting malpractice.
- Absar v. Jones, 833 S.W.2d 86 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992); commercial litigation.
- Pickard v. Wilgus, 742 F. Supp. 434 (M.D. Tenn. 1990); securities dispute.
- Criminal Justice Act Defense Panel (Member) (Middle District of Tennessee, 1993-2004).
- Humphress v. United States, 398 F.3d 855 (6th Cir. 2005); post conviction.
- Veach v. State, 1993 WL 75364 (Tenn. Crim App. 1993); post conviction.
- U.S. v. Hallums, 26 Mil. J. Rep. 838 (A.C.M.R. 1988); defense counsel-courts martial.
In the News
- 173 Butler Snow Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers® 2020, 19 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- Butler Snow Ranked No. 2 in Lex Machina’s ‘Top Law Firm Report’
- 147 Butler Snow Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers®, 18 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- 102 Butler Snow Attorneys List in 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- 117 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2013 Mid-South Super Lawyers®
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Lectures at continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics.
- "Time to Examine Tennessee's Collateral Source Rule", Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 48, No. 12, p. 16, December 2012.
- "Recent Developments In Legal Malpractice (and other items of potential interest to Tennessee lawyers)", Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 41, No. 12, p. 32, December 2005.