William L. Myers Jr. Esq. - a Philadelphia, PA Railroad Lawyer

Philadelphia Railroad Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Railroad
Medical Malpractice
Product Liability
General Negligence
Personal Injury
Construction Accidents
Automobile Negligence

Attorney Information

Overview

Mr. Myers is a founding shareholder of MyersLafferty Law Offices. After graduating summa cum laude from Clarion University in 1980, he attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, one of America's preeminent Ivy League law schools. At Penn, he helped found the Law School's Journal of Comparative Business and Capital Market Law. Upon graduating in 1983, he went to work for Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, one of Philadelphia's largest law firms, where he worked on complex, multi-state litigation matters.

In 1991, Mr. Myers began his practice to serve as an advocate for those injured through the negligence of others. Since then, he has won verdicts and settlements of tens of millions of dollars on behalf those injured in automobile and railroad accidents, in fires, and from medical malpractice and dangerous products and premises. He has successfully taken on some of the world's largest corporations and insurance companies, including Goodyear, General Motors, Nationwide, State Farm, GEICO, Allstate, and numerous railroads—always fighting for the people he represents.

Mr. Myers is a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania district and state courts, and the courts of the State of New York.

In 2000—upon the recommendation of judges and fellow lawyers—Mr. Myers was Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocates, a distinction achieved by fewer than 1% of all lawyers in Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a prestigious group of attorneys who have secured million or multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients.

Mr. Myers also enjoyed the rare honor of arguing before the United States Supreme Court, where he won the right for railroad employees to bring claims against their employers for emotional injuries.

Awards and Honors

Honors

"Pennsylvania Super Lawyer", Philadelphia Magazine, 2005

Education

Legal Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Clarion State College, 1980
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

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Founding Shareholder
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Representative Cases

Consolidated Rail Corporation v. James E. Gottshall
- Court: 114 S.Ct.
- Year: 1994
- Serial Number: 2396

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1983
New York, 2001
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1983
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1983
U.S. Supreme Court, 1983

Specialties and Certifications

Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocates

Other Affiliations

American Bar Association (Member)
Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (Member)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member)

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Philadelphia, PA

1515 Market Street
Suite 810
Philadelphia, PA 19102

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