Burnett & Williams - Attorneys
C. James Williams III
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- 2006 - Present: Attorney, Burnett & Williams, P.C., Midlothian, VA
- 2004 - 2006: Attorney, Sole Practitioner, Hopewell, VA
- 1999 - 2004: Partner, Marks & Williams, P.C., Richmond and Hopewell, VA
- 1993 - 1999: Attorney, Progressive Insurance Company, Glen Allen, VA
- 1991 - 1993: Attorney, Morris & Morris, P.C., Richmond, VA
- 1988 - 1991: Attorney, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, L.L.C., Roanoke, VA
- 1987 - 1988: Law Clerk for the Honorable Glen M. Williams of the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Virginia
- 1980 - 1987: Auditor, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
- 1987: Juris Doctor, George Mason University Law School
- 1982: Bachelor of Science, George Mason University
- Virginia State Bar
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
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 Jim Williams joined Burnett & Williams in 2006 and operates out of Midlothian and Hopewell, Virginia. Jim has extensive legal experience, both as a plaintiff and defense attorney. His experience as a trial attorney with a large insurance company gives him tremendous expertise in the complexities of Virginia insurance law, which is perhaps the most difficult area of law encountered by personal injury lawyers. Jim began his legal career with a prestigious assignment as a law clerk to a federal trial judge in Roanoke, Virginia. Since then he has had many notable victories, including the leading Virginia Supreme Court decision concerning the admissibility of scientific evidence and a notable decision concerning the law of negligence per se.
Jim is a summa cum laude graduate of George Mason University School of Law and a former clerk to United States District Court Judge Glen M. Williams. He practiced at Gentry, Locke, Rakes, and Moore in Roanoke and at Morris & Morris in Richmond before becoming litigation counsel for Progressive Insurance Company. In 1999, Jim left defense and coverage work and began representing injured plaintiffs. A veteran litigator, he has tried more than one hundred personal injury jury trials and was appellate counsel in Virginia’s leading scientific evidence case, Titsworth v. Robinson. He is a regular contributor of law journal articles on personal injury law and litigation issues. Jim’s wealth of experience in insurance coverage matters provides added expertise in an insurance environment that becomes more complex each year.
In 2006, Jim founded The Beth Williams Field of Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing people together to make sure children have the best facilities possible to play the sports they love. Partnering with the community, the foundation has been one of the driving forces behind a project to transform a three acre tract adjacent to the Watkins Annex from an eyesore into a multi-use athletic facility that will serve the entire Midlothian community. Jim is a licensed pilot and lives in Midlothian with his five children. He has been an active participant in the Midlothian PTA and a leader of the Evergreen Athletic Association.
http://www.bethwilliamsfoundation.com/
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