Atty. William A. Davis IV
Will serves as the firm’s Managing Partner. He previously served as the firm’s Hiring Partner.
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William A. Davis IV is a Partner based in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing at Starnes Davis Florie Llp. Their practice focuses on medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, business, and tbi/sci. Educated at University of Alabama School of Law (J.D. University, 2008) and University of Virginia (B.A., 2004). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of Community Involvement Will is a Team member of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club (Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation) and he serves on the Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation Board of Directors and He previously served on the Executive Board of PreSchool Partners, a Birmingham non-profit organization dedicated to preparing children with quality preschool education. Serands clients in Birmingham, AL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Will serves as the firm’s Managing Partner
- He previously served as the firm’s Hiring Partner
- Will’s practice is focused on healthcare litigation and regulatory matters, commercial and business litigation, and personal-injury litigation
- Professional Recognition •Named one of Birmingham's 'Best of the Bar' attorneys for 2022 by the Birmingham Business Journal •Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law and Medical Malpractice law •AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings •Rising Star in Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine •Recognized as a leading litigation attorney under 40 years of age in Benchmark Litigation's annual Under 40 Hot List (2019 - 2021 editions) •Named a 'Litigation Star' in Benchmark Litigation •Graduate of the 2016 Alabama Leadership Initiative •Graduate of the 2015 International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy •Graduate of the 2013 class of the Birmingham Bar Association’s Future Leaders Forum Highlights •Obtained a favorable ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court holding an arbitration agreement enforceable in a senior living case based upon the principles of apparent authority. •Obtained a defense award for a nursing home and rehabilitation center in a wrongful death, medical malpractice action in a case involving allegations that the resident suffered numerous falls, the last of which resulted in a subdural hematoma that caused the resident’s death. •Secured a dismissal of claims of medical malpractice and wrongful death against a local home health and hospice agency
- Citing provisions of the Alabama Medical Liability Act regarding the necessity of expert testimony on the issues of standard of care and causation, Will obtained summary judgment in favor of his client. •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in a case involving a bilateral total joint replacement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a nursing home in a wrongful death case arising from allegations that a patient died from gastrointestinal bleeding, infection, and hemorrhage at a dialysis access site. •Obtained a defense verdict for an assisted living facility and the facility’s executive director in a six-day arbitration hearing involving a resident’s allegations of sexual assault. •Obtained complete dismissal of wrongful death claims against an international security management company. •Obtained summary judgment in favor of a local disaster-recovery contractor in a wrongful death lawsuit. •Obtained complete dismissal of all claims asserted against local-bank client and its president regarding allegations of false imprisonment, conspiracy, defamation, slander, and conversion
- Affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court. •Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a franchisee of a world-wide fast-food restaurant in a premises-liability action. •Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a repossession firm involving allegations of wrongful repossession, trespass, and conspiracy. •Obtained complete dismissal of wrongful death claims against a nursing home because the plaintiff failed to invoke the arbitration process. •Obtained dismissal of all claims against a local hospital on grounds the plaintiff failed to comply with the statute of limitations. •Obtained dismissal of claims against a local pharmacy accused of causing physical injury as a result of a misfilled prescription. •Obtained a summary judgment in favor an ambulance company in a suit involving an automobile accident
- Presentations and Publications •“Sexual Assault in Long-Term Care: Evaluating and Defending these Claims,” Alabama Nursing Home Defense Lawyers Association, Orange Beach, AL (April 2018). •“How to Prepare for and Defend Against Claims of Assault in the Long-Term Care Setting,” CLM Annual Conference (March 2018) •“From Sale to Science: An Overview of Alabama Dram-Shop Claims and the Impact of Scientific Expert Testimony,” Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Journal (Spring 2012)(co-author) •“Medical Literature: Friend and/or Foe in the Medical Malpractice Trial,” Defense Research Institute, Medical Liability and Healthcare Law Seminar (New Orleans, February 2012) •“Alabama’s Contractor Statute of Repose,” The Alabama Roadbuilder (Fall 2010)(co-author) News & Insights •35 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2026 •Starnes Davis Florie Ranked as a Highly Recommended Litigation Firm in the 2025 Edition of Benchmark Litigation •Starnes Davis Florie Appoints Will Davis as Managing Partner & Trey Wells as Chief Strategy Partner •SDF Sponsors the 2024 UA School of Law BLSA Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet & Congratulates Alfred Perkins on the Gail K. Johnson Award •Starnes Davis Florie Ranked as a “Highly Recommended Litigation Firm” in the 2024 Edition of Benchmark Litigation •SDF’s Davis, Bates & Newton Obtain Favorable Ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court •Reed Bates & Will Davis Obtain Defense Award for a Nursing Home in Arbitration •Will Davis Selected to BBJ’s Best of the Bar for 2022 •TWENTY-TWO ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2021 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •STARNES RANKED AS A “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FIRM” IN THE 2022 EDITION OF BENCHMARK LITIGATION •Starnes Ranked as a “Highly Recommended Firm” in the 2021 Edition of Benchmark Litigation •Twenty-Six Attorneys Named to the 2020 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers •Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update for Long-term Care Facilities and Assisted Living: Update on Monitoring Requirements •COVID-19 Nursing Home Guidance - Compliance Recommendations •THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2019 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •SDF Attorneys MacKenzie, Bates & Davis Obtain Defense Verdict After 6-Day Trial •SDF Attorneys Reed Bates & Will Davis Obtain Defense Verdict in Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case •Starnes Davis Florie Ranked in the 2019 Edition of Benchmark Litigation •THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2018 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •Davis, Stevens, & Wells Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List Fun Facts Will and his wife have twin boys and a daughter
- The “party of five” enjoy all things outdoors and pulling for the Alabama Crimson Tide and Virginia Cavaliers
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Medical malpractice lawyers represent patients harmed by negligent doctors, hospitals, and other providers. Free case review, no fee unless you win.
William A. Davis IV is one of 49,086 medical malpractice attorneys indexed nationally. Browse medical malpractice attorneys in Alabama →
William A. Davis IV is one of 31,253 wrongful death attorneys indexed nationally. Browse wrongful death attorneys in Alabama →
Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
William A. Davis IV is one of 264,852 personal injury attorneys indexed nationally. Browse personal injury attorneys in Alabama →
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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William A. Davis IV is one of 10,267 tbi/sci attorneys indexed nationally. Browse tbi/sci attorneys in Alabama →
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Practicing law in Alabama. Legal matters in Alabama are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Birmingham are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alabama state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alabama brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alabama courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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