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WILLIAM H. EDWARDS

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William H. Edwards is a partner in the firm’s Miami office. William focuses his practice on general liability litigation, premises liability, transportation, trucking and automobile negligence, negligent security, wrongful death, products liability, construction defect, property damage, commercial litigation and local, city and state municipality defense. William has successfully defended clients through trial in catastrophic injury cases throughout the entire state of Florida.

Born in Washington, D.C., Mr. Edwards grew up in Virginia, New Jersey, London, England, and Florida. While in law school, he excelled academically, winning best student book awards in Contracts and Cyber Law. He was also a member of the St. Thomas Law Review and the Business Law Society. He supplemented his legal education by studying abroad in beautiful El Escorial, Spain.

PRACTICE AREAS

Commercial Litigation
Negligent Security
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Transportation

Education

J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, 2006

B.A., Emory University, 2001

Experience

Obtained order granting summary judgment on the basis that it did not have actual or constructive notice of the liquid on the floor prior to the alleged incident which retailer did not owe a duty to warn of and the incident was not foreseeable. Wendy Donnelly v. Wal-Mart Stores, East, LP.,Case No. 2:19-CV-14112 (In the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division Feb 2020)
Obtained order granting summary judgment on the basis that it did not have actual or constructive notice of the hangers on the floor prior to the alleged incident which retailer did not owe a duty to warn of and the incident was not foreseeable. Juan Fonseca v. Wal-Mart Stores, East, LP., Case No. 0:18-CV-62768-DPG (In the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division Sep 2019)
Obtained “Per Curiam Affirmed” ruling by Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal following defense verdict at trial in premises liability matter. Magenheim v. Whole Foods Mkt. Grp., Inc., 225 So. 3d 827 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017)
Obtained “Per Curiam Affirmed” ruling by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal following the Court’s entry of a directed verdict in his client’s favor in a trial in Miami, Florida. Miami Fire Equip., Inc. v. Lavin, 91 So. 3d 146 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012)
Obtained defense verdict following two-week wrongful death trial involving a tractor-trailer accident in the Middle District of Florida.
Obtained defense verdict in slip-and-fall case at a Whole Foods Market in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Has obtained summary judgment in numerous slip-and-fall matters at a Whole Foods Market stores in Miami, Florida.
Obtained summary judgment in slip-and-fall matter at a Whole Foods Market in Orlando, Florida.
Obtained summary judgment in trip-and-fall matter outside of a cell phone store in Miami, Florida.

Memberships

American Bar Association, member
Dade County Bar Association, member

Admissions

Florida
United States District Court for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida