Background
Wagner, Bill was born on April 13, 1933 in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.
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Bill Wagner
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Education
University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1955. Juris Doctor, 1968, replaced Bachelor of Laws conferred, 1960).
Career
Worked at Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, P.A. (Tampa, Florida) specializing in General Civil Trial Practice. Negligence, Professional Negligence, Admiralty, Products Liability, Aviation, Insurance Law, and Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Florida, United States.
District Courts, Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1967, United States. Supreme Court.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1993, District of Columbia. Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi.
Florida Blue Key. Executive Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1960.
Commercial Pilot, Single Engine, Multi-Engine, Instrument and Helicopter Ratings, 1970. Member, Florida Board of Bar Examiners, 1973-1977.
Founder, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1978. Trustee, Professor Thomas F. Lambert, Junior Chair for Tort Studies.
Founding Sponsor, Civil Justice Foundation.
Trustee, American Trial Lawyers Association-Public Affairs Committee, 1987-1990. Member, Board of Overseers, The Institute for Civil Justice, The Rand Corporation. Listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1983). The District of Columbia Bar.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member. President, 1988-1989.
President-Elect, 1987-1988.
National Treasurer, 1982-1984. Vice President, 1986. Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1979.
Sustaining Member, 1967).
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Sustaining Member, 1963. President, 1972-1973.
Member, Board of Directors, 1967-1990). Bay Area Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1966-1968).
Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association.
Fellow: Florida Bar Foundation. Roscoe-Pound American Trial Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 1986. Treasurer, 1986-1987).
American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Board of Trial Advocates. International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation (Life Member). American Law Institute (Member of Council, 1993).
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Director, 1989).
(Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and Aviation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Resident, Bayshore Boulevard Of fice). The firm was established in 1970 by Bill Wagner and Roger Vaughan who previously had practiced with the famous Perry Nichols law firm. John McLaughlin joined the firm in 1976.
The firm has two offices, one in downtown Tampa adjacent to the Hillsborough County Court Complex and one on Bayshore Boulevard near the downtown area, close to the Regional Medical Teaching Center.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Florida Board of Bar Examiners, 1973-1977. Founder, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1978. Trustee, Professor Thomas F. Lambert, Junior Chair for Tort Studies.
Founding Sponsor, Civil Justice Foundation.
Trustee, American Trial Lawyers Association-Public Affairs Committee, 1987-1990. Member, Board of Overseers, The Institute for Civil Justice, The Rand Corporation.
Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1983).
The District of Columbia Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member. President, 1988-1989.
President-Elect, 1987-1988.
National Treasurer, 1982-1984. Vice President, 1986.
Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1979. Sustaining Member, 1967).
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Sustaining Member, 1963.
President, 1972-1973. Member, Board of Directors, 1967-1990). Bay Area Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1966-1968).
Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association.
Fellow: Florida Bar Foundation. Roscoe-Pound American Trial Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 1986.
Treasurer, 1986-1987). American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Board of Trial Advocates.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation (Life Member). American Law Institute (Member of Council, 1993).
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Director, 1989).
(Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and Aviation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Resident, Bayshore Boulevard Of fice).
