Background
PURCELL, WILLIAM was born on October 25, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
PURCELL, WILLIAM was born on October 25, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Hamilton College (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1979). West Tennessee Legal Services, Jackson, Tennessee, 1979-1981.
Assistant and Senior Assistant Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, 1981-1981.
Member, Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1986), Majority Leader (since 1990), Judiciary Committee, General Welfare Committee and Select Committee on Children (Chairman, since 1990). Recipient, Toll Fellowship, 1988.
Working as a partner of WILLIAM P. PURCELL, III. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Tennessee.
Nashville (Board of Directors, 198£—), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1985-1986). Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.
American Judicature Society.