Partner
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Phone: 404-845-1942
Fax: 404-250-9355
Email: bharrison@mfllaw.com
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A partner since 1985, William Harrison has substantial experience in a broad range of property and casualty insurance matters, encompassing a variety of environmental, personal injury, property damage, and construction cases. He is one of the registered Atlanta mediators and arbitrators and was listed in the insurance law section of the 2009 through 2012 editions of Georgia’s Best Lawyers and in the Super Lawyers listing in 2010 through 2017, by a survey of attorneys in Georgia.
Mr. Harrison was born in Sewanee, Tennessee, on December 6, 1946. He received a B.A. from the University of the South in 1968, an M.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1970, and his J.D., cum laude, from Mercer University in 1977. He belongs to the Atlanta Bar Association, North Fulton Bar Association, and the State Bar of Georgia, in which he has served as editor of the Younger Lawyers Section Newsletter, 1981-1982, as the Chairman of the Aviation Section, 1985-1986, and he is currently a member of the Litigation Section and Mediation/Arbitration Section of the Bar. He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute, Inc. and the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. He served as a Captain in the USAF, 1970-1974.
Litigation Percentage
80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
20% of Practice Devoted to Mediation and Arbitration
Areas of Practice
Mediation and Arbitration
Construction Litigation
Trucking Litigation
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
Premises Liability & Negligent Security Litigation
Bar Admissions
Georgia, 1977
J.D. cum laude – 1977
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
B.A. – 1968
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
M.A. – 1970
Honors and Awards
Super Lawyers: 2012 – 2022
Professional Associations and Memberships
Atlanta Bar Association, Member
North Fulton Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member
State Bar of Georgia, Member
Aviation Section, Chairman, 1985 – 1986
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, Member
Published Works
Editor, Younger Lawyers Section Newsletter, 1982
Honors and Awards
Edition of Georgia’s Best Lawyers, 2009 – 2012
Super Lawyers, 2010 – 2017
Faculty, Georgia Defense Lawyers Trial Academy 1997 to present
Past Employment Positions
USAF, Captain, 1970 – 1974
Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, Macon, GA, 1977 – 1981
Community Activities
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation – Truancy Project
Chancellor for National Brotherhood of St Andrew