William Atkins
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Overview

William Atkins

William “Bill” Atkins has been a mediator for six years. He brings a wealth of hard-earned experience as a trial lawyer to his mediation practice. Unlike many of his peers, Bill’s experience extends across a wide variety of subject areas, including employment discrimination, multi-party litigation (including age and race discrimination class actions), civil rights, medical malpractice, and catastrophic personal injury. Bill has won jury verdicts for his clients in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia, and conducted internal investigations for banks and non-profit organizations.

Bill has mediated employment, civil rights, personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Given the breadth of his experience, he is uniquely qualified to facilitate discussion of substantive legal issues, as well as how certain fact patterns will be perceived by a jury. Bill helps the parties identify and evaluate the core issues impeding resolution, find common ground, and reach resolution.

Bill is a partner at Warshauer Woodward Atkins, LLC. He lives in Marietta with his wife and his best friend, a rescue dog named “Puppy.”  Bill was recently honored with GTLA’s Community Service Award for his volunteer work as director of the mock trial team at Walton High School.

Admitted to Practice

  • Admitted to practice in Georgia, 1994
  • Georgia Supreme Court, 1996
  • Georgia Court of Appeals, 1996
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 2000
  • Northern District of Georgia, 2000
  • Middle District of Georgia, 2000
  • Southern District of Georgia, 2012
  • Admitted “pro hac vice” to represent clients in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Education

  • Emory School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1994
    • Emory Moot Court Program
    • Best Oralist – Emory Moot Court Competition
    • Georgia Interschool Moot Court Competition Team
    • National Moot Court Competition Team
  • Vassar College, BA- History, 1991
    • Varsity soccer – 4 years
    • Drama department productions, including “Blythe Spirit,” “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” “Man and Superman,” “The Importance of Being Earnest”

 

Professional or Trade Affiliations

  • Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association for Justice
  • Lawyers Club of Atlanta
  • Old Warhorse Lawyers Club

 

Publications

  • Death By a Thousand Cuts: The Expansion of Qualified Immunity Threatens The Continued Viability of Constitutional Torts, GTLA’s Verdict Magazine – Winter 2020

 

Speaking Engagements

  • Seminar Presentation: Using Depositions Testimony to Avoid Summary Judgment,GTLA Seminar – Depositions: From Good to Great to Winning, 2014
  • Seminar Presentation: Ministerial Duty Claims Under Georgia Law,ICLE Seminar: Litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 2015
Rates and Fees

Rates - William Atkins

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Atlanta Rates 4hr Min.
2 Party Case: $350 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $300 per party; per hour
4 Party Case: $250 per party; per hour
5+ Party Case: Flat Rate Available Upon Request

Travel time and expenses, including meals and lodging, billed separately and split equally among the parties at the Neutral's hourly rate.
Pre/Post Consultation & Document Review: Hourly Mediation/Arbitration Rate

Mediation Admin Fees
Atlanta Mediation Admin Fee - $400 per party

MEDIATION CANCELLATION POLICY

Mediations cancelled within 10 days of the mediation will be charged a cancellation fee of $1000. However, mediations cancelled, rescheduled or settled within 24 hours of the mediation will be charged 4 hrs. of the Neutral's hourly rate . Cancellation fees shall be sent to the cancelling party unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.