William B. Raiford
Areas of Practice
- Litigation & Appeals
- Personal Injury — Plaintiff
- Medical Malpractice
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Asbestos
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1989
- Tennessee, 1987
- USDC WD Tenn, 1989
- USDC Northern & Southern Districts, Mississippi, 1989
- United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1989
- United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 2005
- United States District Court, W.D. Ark, 1992
Education
- Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, BSM Magna Cum Laude, 1984
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, JD Cum Laude, 1987
- Eastland Scholar
- American Jurisprudence Awards (highest law school class grade): Torts I, Evidence, Civil Procedure II, Securities Regulation, Antitrust, Corporations and Corporate Taxation
Member
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Coahoma County Bar Association (President 1994-5)
- Mississippi Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
Elected
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Elected 2009 – present)
- Mid-South Super Lawyers (2006 – present)
- Personal Injury: Medical Malpractice
- The Best Lawyers in America (2010 – present)
- Best Lawyer’s – Lawyer of the Year – 2014 Medical Malpractice – Plaintiffs – Memphis Area
Verdicts
Co-lead counsel: Hill v. Ob/Gyn Associates, Shelby County, TN Circuit Court $23,600,000 verdict (at the time the largest malpractice verdict in Tennessee)