Background
Smith, William B. was born on September 18, 1948 in Rockford, Illinois, United States.
Smith, William B. was born on September 18, 1948 in Rockford, Illinois, United States.
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England and Tulane University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1970). Hastings College of the Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1973). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Lunghi v. Clark Equipment Corporation, 153 Cal 2pp 3d 485 (1984); 153 Adviser. California Alp., California Alp 3d 485.Worked at Abramson & Smith, Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Personal Injury, Aviation, Professional Liability, Products Liability, Governmental Tort Law, Trials. Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1973, California. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma.
Coordinator of Hastings National College of Advocacy, 1968-1970.
Member, Queen"s Bench. Instructor, Hastings College of Law, 1975-1978.
President, Hastings College of Law Alumni Association, 1983-1984. Member, Board of Governors, Hastings Alumni Association, 1977.
President, Orinda Baseball Association, 1995-1996.
Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1980. Author: Continuing Education of the Bar, "Medical Proof in Personal Injury Litigation," 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988 and 1991. "Issues in a Safety Device Case," California Trial Lawyers Association Forum, Volume XI, Number.
3, April 1981.
Continuing Education of the Bar, "Coping with Workers" Compensation Issues in Third Party Cases," 1984. Assistant Professor, Hastings College of Law, University of California, 1982. Judge Pro Tem Panels (San Francisco and Contra Costa).
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
State Bar of California. American Bar Association.
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1993). Consumer Attorneys of California (Board of Governors, 1994).
Barristers Club of San Francisco.
Lawyers Club of San Francisco. Abramson & Smith was formed in 1975. The partners are trial lawyers who exclusively represent plaintiffs in all types of major personal injury and product liability cases, with sub-specialities in fires and airplane crashes.
Senior partner, Albert R. Abramson, is a pilot and pioneer in aviation litigation, having tried his first major crash case in 1967 and has obtained verdicts of over $10 million.
Author: Continuing Education of the Bar, "Medical Proof in Personal Injury Litigation," 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988 and 1991. "Issues in a Safety Device Case," California Trial Lawyers Association Forum, Volume XI, No. 3, April 1981
Continuing Education of the Bar, "Coping with Workers' Compensation Issues in Third Party Cases," 1984.
Assistant Professor, Hastings College of Law, University of California, 1982. Judge Pro Tem Panels (San Francisco and Contra Costa).
Member, Queen"s Bench. Instructor, Hastings College of Law, 1975-1978. President, Hastings College of Law Alumni Association, 1983-1984.
Member, Board of Governors, Hastings Alumni Association, 1977.
President, Orinda Baseball Association, 1995-1996. Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1980.