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William Allen Pannell

William A. Pannell, P.C.
Georgia
Class Action LitigationConsumer Rights LawToxic Tort Litigation
705 Town Blvd., Suite T-47, Atlanta, Ga. 30319

William Allen Pannell

William A. Pannell, P.C.
Georgia
Class Action LitigationConsumer Rights LawToxic Tort Litigation
705 Town Blvd., Suite T-47, Atlanta, Ga. 30319
404-353-2283
pannellbill@gmail.com
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WILLIAM A. PANNELL
705 Town Boulevard Suite T47

Atlanta, Georgia 30319

(404)353-2283

billpannell@pobox.com

 

Education:           Georgia State University, JD cum laude, 1986

Honors:  Outer Barristers, American Jurisprudence Awards

in Torts and Criminal Procedure; Top 10%

 

Georgia State University, B.B.A., 1982

Marketing Major - Top  10%

Honors: Gold Key Honor Society, Alpha Mu Alpha

 

 

Legal
Experience:                   William A. Pannell, P.C. , Atlanta, GA, 1994-present

Litigation and Trial Practice in consumer class actions, toxic torts, personal injury, environmental law- rated AV-Martindale-Hubbell

 

Bell and Pannell, Augusta, Ga. 1990-1994

Partner-Litigation and trial practice- class actions, toxic torts,

personal injury, RICO, workers compensation, products liability
Fortson and White, Atlanta, Ga. 1986-1989

Associate-Insurance defense firm.  Areas of practice included

workers compensation, products liability, personal injury, construction and commercial litigation

 

Business
Experience:                   Pannell Window Contracting              1981-1986

Initiated, organized and managed respected small business.  Clients

included Cross Creek Condominiums, commercial and private

residences.

 

Libby’s Cabaret, Atlanta, GA                        2000-2002

Part owner of supper club featuring live entertainment in Atlanta,                                        Georgia

 

 

Admitted:            Georgia, 1986; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle

Districts of Georgia & Middle District of California; U.S. Court of             Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia            Court of Appeals: U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

 

Significant              Text Message Litigation:  U.S District Court,

Cases:                       Middle District of California

Initiated and served as Class Counsel with Milberg, LLC in seven class actions against television shows, their networks and producers for illegal lotteries using text messages to                                 win money. Shows included “American Idol”, “The Apprentice”                                               and “Deal or No Deal’. Total damages exceeded $50 million. Settlement reimbursed all class members 100% of damages and awarded attorney fees over $5 million.

 

 

Franchise Fee Litigation, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of Georgia:

Plaintiffs’ lead class counsel in two separate class actions

against Comcast and Charter resulting in settlement which required                                     reimbursements to and changes in methodology and timing of                                             collecting franchise fees from consumers.

 

 

In Re: Fort Valley Litigation, Fulton State Court:

Lead Plaintiffs’ counsel for over 600 individuals with

property and personal injury claims arising from nearby

pesticide manufacturing facility.  Total settlements in

excess of $13 million included complex trial of test cases

lasting  over six weeks and settlement of over 2500 claims

through a class action settlement.

 

 

Johansen v Combustion Engineering, U.S. District Court,

Southern District of Georgia:

Plaintiffs’ counsel for over 15 individuals property owners
whose streams were polluted by acid mine drainage from

strip mining operations resulting in a record $45 million

punitive damage verdict.

 

 

Marshall v ITT Corp, U.S. District Court, Southern

District of Georgia:

Class counsel for over 250 property owners affected by
nearby wood  treatment facility.  First case of its kind to

be certified in Georgia-settled for $8.61 million.

 

 

 

 

 

Mathis v Atlantic Steel, et. al., Tift County Superior Court:

Lead class counsel for over 150 property owners against
five steel companies for illegally disposing of hazardous

waste in minority neighborhood-settled for $3.125 million.

 

 

900 Number Litigation, U.S. District Court:

Class counsel in RICO claims against AT&T, MCI, Sprint,

and others for sweepstakes and credit card schemes.   Various settlements totaling in excess of $60 million.

 

Phillips and Goulet v Chrysler Corp, Fulton Superior

Court: Wrongful death action for two minor children due to

improper rear lap belts (confidential settlement)

 

Rowell, et. al. v Emerson Electric Co., Jeff Davis Superior Court: Lead counsel for over 70 property owners affected by groundwater contaminated with TCE. Settlements and property transfers in excess of $2 million.

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