William S. Stone

William 'Bill' Sims Stone is a founding member of the law firm Stone Law Group Trial Lawyers, LLC, located in Atlanta, Georgia. With more than four decades of experience in the field of law, he focuses his practice on personal injury, representing clients with matters involving birth injuries, medical negligence, automobile accidents, wrongful death and catastrophic injury. Mr. Stone understands the difficulties faced by persons who suffer injuries as a result of another party's thoughtless and irresponsible behavior and is sympathetic to the needs and best interests of his clients. From the start of the case until its conclusion, he acts as a fervent and aggressive fighter for their rights and liberties. With a major in accounting, Mr. Stone has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia. He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1977 from the University of Georgia School of Law. Additionally, he studied at the Netherlands Institute of Industrial Economics in the Netherlands. Mr. Stone is an active member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the State Bar of Georgia and its Advertising Regulation Committee, the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission, the Alabama State Bar and the Southwest Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Giving back to his society, he is enthusiastically associated with the Blakely Rotary Club and the First United Methodist Church of Blakely. Licensed to practice in Georgia and Alabama, Mr. Stone is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th and 11th Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Honored for his impeccable work in the field of law, Mr. Stone has received the highest rating through Martindale-Hubbell, the AV Preeminent* peer-review rating, and has received the Traditions of Excellence Award (Plaintiff’s Practice) from the State Bar of Georgia’s General Practice and Trial Section. *AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.