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Willie J. Walker

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Attorney and Counselor at Law

Willie J. Walker, was admitted to the Florida Bar, 1985, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida 1987; The Georgia Bar, 1993.

Education
: Savannah State College (B.S. 1981); Mercer University (J.D. 1984). Former Assistant Public Defender. Attorney Walker was awarded a legal training fellowship with the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO). In the fall of 1981, Mr. Walker entered the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. While in law school he was the recipient of the Graduate and Professional Opportunities scholarship and the prestigious Earl Warren Legal Training Scholarship. As a law student, Mr. Walker was also selected to Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities.

His primary area of practice is litigation, including personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse. During his legal career, Mr. Walker has participated as lead or second counsel in numerous jury trials. In addition, Mr. Walker has participated in the trial of over one hundred twenty-five (125) non-jury matters. He has developed keen expertise in the area of tort litigation including complex product liability matters, and failure analysis cases. He has practiced extensively in both Federal and State courts. Mr. Walker is a certified Circuit Court civil mediator and handles a variety of complex legal disputes in this capacity. Attorney Walker is a member of the State Bars of Florida and Georgia and actively participates in both states.