William B. Lewis

Biography Overview

William B. Lewis is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Southeast Florida offices.

William is an experienced trial attorney with an established track record of significant recoveries.  He has won jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations in venues throughout Florida.  

William’s trial experience has earned him membership into the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”) – a invitation-only group of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation of the right to civil jury trials.

William litigates cases on a contingency-fee basis, which allows his clients to level the playing field against larger, wealthier, or insured opponents. He is driven by the philosophy that justice requires cases to be decided on the merits – not by the size of a corporation’s or insurance company’s legal budget.

William has been recognized by his peers in numerous publications.  He has been selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of The Best Lawyers in America, by Florida Trend Magazine as Florida’s Legal Elite, as a Florida Super Lawyer, and as Palm Beach Illustrated’s Top Lawyers.

William has been elected to serve on the University of Florida Law School LCA Board of Trustees.  He is a Past-President of the University of Florida Law Alumni Council. And he was previously honored by the University of Florida Alumni Association as one of the 40 Gators Under 40.

William has been appointed to three terms on the Florida Bar’s Committee on Professionalism. He has been the chair of both the Palm Beach County Bar’s Circuit Civil Court Committee and its Business Litigation Committee.  In 2020, he was recognized by the South Florida Business Journal as a 40 under 40 honoree.

While in law school, William interned at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted multiple successful jury trials.

William graduated with honors from Colgate University and the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he was a board member of the Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy. He also received an MBA from the University of Florida Hough School of Business.