Lance Williams focuses his practice on defending product liability, mass tort, professional malpractice, and toxic tort litigation.  His product liability experience has involved representation of manufacturers in the automotive, heavy machinery, industrial equipment, home product and medical device industries.  With an emphasis on preparing cases and taking them to trial, Mr. Williams has tried cases for automotive manufacturers nationwide.  Along with the other members of McCranie, Sistrunk, Mr. Williams has helped forge much of the favorable jurisprudence in Louisiana interpreting the Louisiana Product Liability Act, with reported decisions in every appellate court in Louisiana.

Mr. Williams also represents defendants in catastrophic toxic tort litigation, including claims against manufacturers for asbestos and benzene exposure.  He has been involved in a large-scale class action against manufacturers of more than 150,000 trailers supplied by FEMA after Hurricane Katrina, alleged to contain harmful levels of formaldehyde.  His practice has also allowed him to defend physicians as well as local and regional medical institutions against claims of medical malpractice.

Prior to joining McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, Mr. Williams practiced with Pulaski, Gieger & LaBorde in New Orleans, Louisiana and Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth in Chicago, Illinois.  Additionally, he was an assistant professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law from 2000-2001. 

He is an active member of the Defense Research Institute and numerous national and local bar associations.

Education

B.A., Tulane University, 1991.

J.D., Louisiana State University, 1994.

Admitted

Louisiana

Illinois

Memberships

Defense Research Institute