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William W. Tunner

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Tel: 804-698-6205
Fax: 804-780-1813
Email: wtunner@t-mlaw.com

Billy Tunner is a civil litigator and trial attorney, with over 15 years of experience. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and named in Virginia Business magazine as one of the Legal Elite in Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He focuses his practice in the following areas:

  • Consumer Financial Services
  • Commercial and business litigation
  • Creditor’s rights
  • Negligence torts
  • Insurance Defense

Professional Affiliations:

  • The Defense Research Institute
  • The Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, member of the Legislative Affairs Committee
  • The Richmond Bar Association, member of the Membership Committee, past member of the CLE Committee
  • Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American Inn of Court

Bar Admission and Licensure:

Mr.Tunner is licensed to practice before all state courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia; the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

Education:

Washington & Lee University, 1990, Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy; varsity tennis, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. The University of Richmond School of Law, 1995, Juris Doctor.

Honors and Awards:

Virginia Business Magazine named Mr. Tunner to its Legal Elite for 2009 and 2010.

Virginia’s Super Lawyers Magazine recognized Mr. Tunner as a Rising Star in 2007 and as a Super Lawyer in 2011.

Martindale-Hubbell has given Mr. Tunner a peer review rating of A-V.

Representative Cases:

Disclaimer: Case results depend upon a variety of factors uniques to each case. ThompsonMcMullan cannot guarantee or predict similar results in any future case taken by the attorney.

Bradford v. HSBC Mortgage Corporation, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80950 (E.D.Va. 2011). Successfully defended a national mortgage lender for alleged violations of the Truth in Lending Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Niazi v. Commonwealth, Virginia Court of Appeals UNP 2283022 (2004)

Select Mgmt. Resources v. The Runnymede Corp., 273 Va. 710, 643 S.E.2d 177 (2007)

Baker v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 438 F. Supp. 2d 649 (W.D. Va. 2006)

Heckenlaible v. Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, 491 F. Supp. 2d 544 (E.D. Va. 2007)

Don Lane Co. v. Dean, Virginia Court of Appeals UNP 0386042 (2004)

Royal Surplus Lines Insurance Co. v. Nichols, 13 Cir. HJ3434, 49 Va. Cir. 306 (1999)