William Muhr is the owner and general partner of the firm William Muhr, Attorneys & Counselors at Law, LLP, and has 37 office locations in 13 states. William Muhr, Esq. established the firm in 1988.
Mr. Muhr's expertise is Plaintiff's Personal Injury, auto accident litigation, aviation disasters, wrongful death litigation, cruise ship accidents, construction accident litigation, products liability, police misconduct, civil rights, premises liability, and pharmaceutical/drug litigation. His focus is complex, catastrophic injury matters.
Mr. Muhr received the distinguished Personal Injury Attorney of the year award for 2010.
Areas of Practice:
Auto, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents, Serious Personal Injury Cases, Aviation Accidents, Cruise Ship Accidents, Products Liability, Construction Accident Litigation, Police Misconduct, Civil Rights, Premises Liability, Medical Malpractice or Professional Negligence Resulting in Paralysis, Mass Torts, Class Actions, Pharmaceutical/Drug Litigation, and Wrongful Death.
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 1985; U.S. Federal Courts, 1985 (Admitted in Pennsylvania; Colorado and Virginia Federal Courts); United States Court of Military Review, 1986; United States Court of Military Appeals, 1986; Colorado, 1988; United States Supreme Court, 2005.
Education:
Military Judges' School at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville; graduating in the top 10% of his class, 1991
Judge Advocate General's School at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1986
Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Juris Doctorate (Law Degree), 1985
West Chester University, Master of Science, 1982
University of Maryland, F.E.D./West Chester University, Bachelor of Science, 1980
Widener University, R.O.T.C., Commissioned Officer, 1980
Work History:
Military Police Patrolman, Traffic Accident Investigator, Traffic Accident Reconstruction; Platoon Leader Military Police Detachment; Chief of Military Police Investigations; Commander Military Police Headquarters Company with strength exceeding 60 personnel; West Chester University, Graduate Assistant in the University's Department of Institutional Research; Military Lawyer, Brigade Trial Counsel and Prosecutor; Deputy Staff Judge Advocate; Certified Military Judge; Senior Staff Judge Advocate; Owner and General Partner, William Muhr, Attorneys & Counselors at Law, LLP, Personal Injury Trial Attorney handling serious accidents, catastrophic injuries, and personal injury wrongful death cases from 1988.
Recent Awards:
Mr. Muhr received the Personal Injury Attorney of the Year Award, 2010. In 2005, he received the "Case of the Year Award Finalist" from the trial lawyers association specifically chosen based several factors: The lawyers and clients faced a particular challenge or overwhelming odds; the case resulted in a positive change in the law, helped increase awareness of a societal injustice, created a change in public safety, has broad public impact, righted a particularly grievous wrong, and exemplifies the ideals of the trial lawyers association. In 2003, Mr. Muhr received the National Leadership Award from the Honorary Co-Chairman of the Business Advisory Council for his leadership in promoting a pro-business agenda. In 2003, Mr. Muhr graduated from the Good Sheppard Mediation Program and was recognized as a professional member of the Council of Mediators whose mission is to advocate for the increased use of mediation and promote excellence in mediation.
Military Awards:
Served as a Certified Military Judge with an elite organization comprising some the finest judiciary in our nation. Mr. Muhr also served our military forces honorably for 24 years, receiving the Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Commendation Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Desert Storm Medal, Armed Forces Award Medal, Army Service Ribbon with Oak Leaf Clusters, Major General TJ Stewart Medal, The National Defense Service Medal, several physical fitness awards, and other awards and decorations. Mr. Muhr received an honorable discharge retiring him from the Army as a Certified Military Judge in 1999.
Pro Bono Work:
Although Mr. Muhr devotes his practice exclusively to Personal Injury Litigation, he has never turned down a case when he strongly believed that a person desperately needed legal assistance. Mr. Muhr represented a former Chief of Police who was charged with Sexual Assault on a Minor. The police officer was innocent. Mr. Muhr proceeded to a jury trial where the jury found the police officer not guilty. The officer died of stroke a few weeks after the jury trial, most likely related to the intense stress of the trial.
Mr. Muhr represented a medical provider who was charged with attempted rape of his patient. He was innocent. The trial judge dismissed the case at a Preliminary Hearing and the Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision, upheld the dismissal.
Mr. Muhr represented the parents of a five-year-old boy who was taken from the parents based on improper allegations of abuse. The parents were innocent. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the parents and a civil action was then brought against the Department of Social Services and the County promptly reached a confidential settlement.
Mr. Muhr represented a cadet who was a star football player on the Air Force Academy's football team. The Air Force charged the cadet with illegal drug use. He was innocent. Mr. Muhr subpoenaed the Air Force Academy's football coach and other critical witnesses to testify on behalf of the cadet. The military jury, comprising both senior level commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the cadet.
Some of Mr. Muhr's most rewarding work was to help people in need, and in all of these cases, and others, he volunteered his time and charged zero or extremely minimal fees in order to help these wrongly accused people.
Accident and Injury Cases:
Mr. Muhr has personally handled countless Personal Injury claims consistently since 1985. He has settled multiple claims in excess of $2,000,000.00. He has also obtained multiple judgments in excess of $1,000,000.00. Over the last 25 years, he has handled thousands of major automobile accident cases involving disc herniations, protrusions, cervical and lumbar fusion surgeries, and neck, back, and spinal cord injuries. During his entire legal career he has always remained an active member of the bar in good standing. He handled multiple major cases all the way from the jury trial stage through the Court of Appeals and ultimately to the Supreme Court (a legal process that often takes ten or more years to complete). As a result of his tireless efforts on behalf of his clients, and his determination to make better laws for consumers, he has published several Supreme Court cases, in the area of personal injury law, that have had a major impact favorable to consumers and against the insurance industry on a national level. Mr. Muhr does his utmost to promote change to bring safer products on the market and to protect us from accidents that can bring devastation to our lives and to the lives of our families.
In addition to his exemplary work for his clients, William Muhr also has been asked to lecture on various legal topics and has spoken before large audiences numerous times.
Since he commenced the practice of law in 1985, Mr. Muhr has tenaciously worked very long hours for his clients because he is committed to every one of them. He has built a very successful law practice by opening 37 offices in 14 states. William Muhr, LLP is staffed with highly credentialed lawyers who collectively provide high quality legal services to people who have been seriously injured in accidents throughout the United States. Less