William Parsons, a third generation attorney and veteran trial lawyer, is a native of Huntington, West Virginia. He received his doctor of jurisprudence degree from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1976. Since then, he practiced law in West Virginia and surrounding states and the District of Columbia. He is licensed to practice in all courts in West Virginia, the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, an the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Concentrating on medical-legal cases during most years in the practice, Parsons has successfully served as plaintiff's counsel in medical negligence cases including cases in the medical fields of obstetrics, pediatrics, infectious disease, neurosurgery, emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery, family medicine, otolaryngology, hematology, nursing home and hospital negligence. He is the past president of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (now known as the West Virginia Association for Justice), voted that organization's Member of the Year (1990-91). Parsons is an FAA certificated pilot and holds an instrument rating. He is the father of two sons, has four grandsons, and is married to Donna Crow, also an attorney. He currently resides in Wheeling, West Virginia.