William E. Artz

William E. Artz, a principal in the law firm of William E. Artz, P.C., is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars and has practiced law for fifty-three years. For over twenty years, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Washingtonian Magazines Best Lawyers in Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers in Washington, D.C., and Super Lawyers in Virginia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, and was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Admission to the foregoing organizations are by invitation only. The Inner Circle of Advocates, for example, is limited to the top 100 plaintiffs trial lawyers in the United States.

Bill is past President of the Trial Lawyers of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., the Arlington County Bar Association, former Chairman of the Virginia State Bar Tenth District Committee (Grievance Committee) and the first President of the Arlington County Bar Foundation. Bill specializes in the field of medical malpractice and represents the interests of injured victims of medical malpractice and/or their families. He has also represented the interests of doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies in this field. Bill is board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy, by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He was a past recipient of the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the D.C. Trial Lawyers Association.

On a side note, Bill has competed in the Maccabiah World Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, representing the United States in Mens tennis. In this international competition featuring players from forty nations, Bill won a bronze medal in singles and silver in doubles. He has also competed in the Pan American Maccabiah Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning a silver medal in singles.

As an attorney, Bills firm handles cases that involve brain damage, death, paralysis, amputation, coma, and the misdiagnosis of cancer where a negligent delay has taken a patient from a curable stage to an incurable one. His reputation and recovered verdicts and settlements rank him among the very top of plaintiffs medical malpractice attorneys in Virginia.