Background
Foster, William M. was born on October 20, 1945 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Foster, William M. was born on October 20, 1945 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Davidson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of South Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Worked at Foster, Foster, Allen & Durrence (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in Tennessee and Georgia State and Federal Courts. Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Railroad Law, Medical Malpractice, Bankruptcy, Real Property, Construction Law and Securities Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1970, South Carolina.
1971, Georgia.
1972, Tennessee. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Society of Wig and Robe. Editor-in-Chief, South Carolina Law Review, 1970.
City Attorney, City of East Ridge, Tennessee, 1979-1995.
Member, Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1985. Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. South Carolina Bar; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
Military: Captain, United States.
Army, 1970-1972
Foster, Foster, Allen & Durrence and its predecessors is one of Tennessee"s oldest law firms. Foreign some thirty years prior to its name change in 1995 the firm was known as Hall, Haynes, Lusk & Foster. Foreign many years prior to 1963 the firm name was Whitaker, Hall & Haynes.
While the firm engages in a General Practice in both Tennessee and Georgia, the firm"s main emphasis is Civil Trial Practice in the areas of Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Railroad Law, Medical Malpractice Defense, Bankruptcy, Real Property, Construction Law, Architect/Engineer Malpractice Defense, Attorney Malpractice Defense, and Securities Litigation.
Member, Society of Wig and Robe. Editor-in-Chief, South Carolina Law Review, 1970. City Attorney, City of East Ridge, Tennessee, 1979-1995.
Member, Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1985.
Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.
South Carolina Bar. National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
Military: Captain, United States. Army, 1970-1972.