William K. Carmichael
Partner
Bill Carmichael heads SLC's General Civil Litigation and Personal Injury practice groups. Mr. Carmichael has extensive experience litigating cases involving commercial and general business matters throughout the United States at the trial and appellate levels, in both state and federal court. His practice focuses primarily on representing businesses in contract disputes and representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases. Before joining SLC, Mr. Carmichael was a law clerk to the Honorable George T. Smith, Georgia Court of Appeals, from 1977-1979. Bill has been recognized as one of Georgia Trend Magazine's "Georgia's Legal Elite: The State's Most Effective Lawyers" in the area of personal injury law (2005).
Areas of Practice
- Creditor Rights & Collection
- General Civil Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Franchise Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Employment and Labor Law
- Business Litigation
- Domestic Relations
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1976
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
Education
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University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- J.D. - 1976
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University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1974
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: Pi Gamma Mu
- Major: English
Honors and Awards
- "Georgia's Legal Elite: The State's Most Effective Lawyers" by Georgia Trend Magazine: Personal Injury, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Commercial Law League of America
