About William Harris III

William P. Harris III is a trial attorney who spent 26 years as an insurance defense attorney representing carriers including Allstate, AIG, Chubb, Liberty Mutual, and Nationwide before switching to plaintiff representation. A graduate of California Western School of Law, he handles catastrophic injury, wrongful death, product liability, and professional negligence cases throughout California, and has argued before the California Court of Appeal. He has served as both a Superior Court Arbitrator and Superior Court Judge Pro Tem. AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and admitted to the California Bar since 1986, he is an active member of the San Diego County Bar Association. His defense background gives him a strategic understanding of how insurance carriers assess and litigate cases.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Frantz Law Group

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Frantz Law Group, representing roughly 5,000 victims, helped negotiate a $13.5 billion PG&E bankruptcy settlement covering tens of thousands of survivors and families from the 2015 Butte, 2017 North Bay, and 2018 Camp wildfires.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Frantz Law Group, led by attorneys James Frantz and William Shinoff, represented nearly 1,000 public school districts across 38 states in multidistrict litigation against JUUL Labs, reaching a $1.7 billion settlement in 2023 that covered approximately 1,600 school districts, local governments, tribal entities, and individual consumers.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (MDL) · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →

An $800 million settlement from MGM Resorts International resolved claims by more than 4,400 plaintiffs over the October 1, 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas, one of the largest victim-compensation settlements in U.S. history.

Multiple state courts / mediation · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

California Western School of Law
J.D., 1985
University of Florida
Undergraduate, 1981

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.