William P. Claxton is a partner with CLAXTON & CLAXTON, LLC whose work includes representation of insurers, their insureds and Special Investigation Units as well as defending insurers and their insureds in matters regarding general insurance defense and liability litigation, as well as a broad spectrum of SIU matters, including first party and third-party fraudulent bodily injury claims, auto theft, arson, life and health insurance fraud, residential and commercial property losses, staged theft losses and agency fraud. He is admitted to practice in Georgia and Tennessee. Bill has served as lead counsel in over one hundred fifty (150) jury trials in State and Federal Courts in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. He has extensive appellate experience before the Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Tennessee Supreme Court, as well as the United States Sixth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Middle District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia, Eastern District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee, Western District of Wisconsin and the Northern District of Alabama. He represents insurers in matters throughout the South Eastern states . Bill enjoys an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which reflects the highest standards of competency, knowledge, professionalism and ethics as judged by fellow attorneys and judges.

        Now into his nineteenth year of practice, Mr. Claxton has lectured on a number of occasions at seminars for attorneys and the insurance industry, as well as at in-house training seminars on topics pertaining to insurance claims. He has spoken at the International Convention of the International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) in San Francisco in 1993, Minneapolis in 1994, Naples in 1995, Tucson in 1996, Charlotte in 1997, Dallas in 1999, Palm Springs in 2001 and Albuquerque in 2002. His presentations at these seminars have been recognized as among the very highest rated among attendees. He was also on the Program of the Convention of the Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) in Kansas City in 1994. He also presented a program on Insurance Fraud to the American Society for Industrial Security in Boston in 1995. He has written articles for several publications, including the Journal of Law and Education and is co-author of two books - Anatomy of the Automobile Accident Case and Understanding Coverages and Handling Auto Insurance Claims.

        Mr. Claxton serves as General Counsel to the Georgia Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units and is a Master of the American Inns of Court - Lamar Inn. Bill is a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Defense Research Institute (DRI), Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, American Society for Industrial Security, Atlanta Claims Association, Middle Georgia Claims Association, Georgia Fire Investigators Association, International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), American Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association and Georgia Bar Association serving in the Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice and Insurance Defense Law and Litigation. He is an Instructor at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) National Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).

        William received his undergraduate degree in 1979 from King College and his law degree in 1986 from Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University. He was born in Bryson City, North Carolina in 1957.

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