William G. Hyland Jr. is located in the firm’s Orlando/Deland office. His practice areas include Insurance Defense, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Automobile Liability (PD/BI/UM), and Construction Law. Mr. Hyland is a seasoned trial lawyer with thirty-four years of complex, high profile litigation experience, having defended over 100 cases to verdict. Bill’s experience in handling matters in these areas of practice includes the handling of catastrophic injury cases, and complex litigation matters involving multiple party actions. A former prosecutor, Bill served as in-house counsel to Travelers Insurance Company for twelve years, handling major exposure cases. He is licensed to practice in Florida, Alabama, Colorado, the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court. An Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law and Stetson University, where he teaches advanced Trial Advocay, his professional lectures include speeches at the National Archives and the University of Virginia.
Mr. Hyland was born and raised in Northern Virginia. In 1980, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama and in 1983 he earned his J.D. from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. Mr. Hyland is also a professionally published author of the widely praised book, “In Defense of Thomas Jefferson” (St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne Books, 2009), nominated for the Virginia Literary Award. Mr. Hyland also worked with a Top-Secret security clearance for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and served an internship at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. His law review publications include Legal Advertising and the Decline of the Profession, University of Alabama Journal of the Legal Profession (2011); A Civil Action: Hemings v. Jefferson, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, (2007); Law v. National Security: When Lawyers Make Terrorism Policy, University of Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business (2008); Creative Malpractice: The Cinematic Lawyer, University of Texas Review of Entertainment and Sport Law, (2008); The Politicization of the Founding Fathers, The Huffington Post, (2010).