PROFILE:
Named one of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in 2004 and 2005, Bill Atlee has been in practice as a trial lawyer for over 30 years. His determination to win the full measure of justice for each of his clients and his ability in trial are very well recognized. Among his achievements is winning the largest personal injury jury verdict ever in Lancaster County, $8.2 million against General Motors Corporation. He also won the largest medical malpractice jury verdict ever obtained in York County, $6.5 million against York Hospital. He has extensive experience in the trial of major cases. He is currently listed in Best Lawyers in America as a result of his efforts on behalf of his clients. In 1995 he was named as a Fellow of the elite American College of Trial Lawyers.
Mr. Atlee has lectured to other lawyers on the trial of cases at state and national conferences and seminars. As a result of his interest and experience in cases against auto manufacturers he participated as a lecturer in a two day statewide seminar presented by the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, “Crashworthiness, What’s Wrong With Cars.” He has served as a Member of the Advisory Committee for a National Program, “The Experts Analyze Brain Damaged Baby Cases,” concerning birth injury to newborn babies. His interest and experience in cases involving injuries suffered by babies during labor and delivery led to his being appointed to The International Symposia Advisory Board, University of California Davis, Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law.
In 2003 he acted as Course Planner for The Pennsylvania Bar Institute for a seminar on Trial of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit presented April 22, 2003. He made a presentation to a national organization dedicated to litigating cases involving unsafe cars, the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, on post collision fuel fed fires in General Motors cars in New Orleans on April 11, 2003.
EDUCATION:
Duke University 1964,
University of North Carolina Law School, 1967.
BAR
ADMISSIONS:
Pennsylvania
COURT ADMISSIONS:
U.S. District for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
AFFILIATIONS:
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; Past Board of Governors, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Past Delegate, Third Circuit Judicial Conference. |
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What our firm does is give each person an opportunity to obtain justice |
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