William Hymes
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About William Hymes
William "Bill" Hymes, Esq. serves as General Counsel and CEO at Loncar Lyon Jenkins in Dallas. Born in Nashville and raised across the South, he brings broad life perspective and a razor-sharp legal mind to his practice as an advocate for injury victims. He has over 20 years of courtroom experience.
Hymes joined the firm in 1993 and earned his Juris Doctor in 2000. He is a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer.
He earned his J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2000 and his B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from The Citadel in 1985, graduating from Jesuit High School in Dallas. He is admitted to the Texas Bar (2001), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2005), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (2021), the Northern Texas Bankruptcy Court (2005), the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (2008), and the U.S. Supreme Court (2006). He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Loncar Lyon Jenkins
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A Kaufman County jury awarded $296 million in compensatory damages against Koch Industries after a corroded, unmaintained butane pipeline exploded and killed two teenagers on August 24, 1996.
A Dallas jury awarded $84.25 million in 2008 after a 26-foot U-Haul truck with a failed parking brake rolled over Talmadge Waldrip, leaving him bedridden and requiring round-the-clock care.
A Dallas County jury awarded $51 million in August 2024 to a South Dallas mother and her two young children after a corroded boiler exhaust pipe at their apartment complex channeled carbon monoxide into their home in 2015, leaving both children with irreversible brain injuries.
A Texas county court at law jury found a design defect in the handling of a 1996 Ford Explorer that rolled over after a rear tire lost its tread in July 2003, killing Diane Wiles. The jury put one-third of the responsibility on Ford, one-third on the driver and one-third on Ms. Wiles, and the court entered a judgment of $7,370,197.16 in actual damages. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed in 2011 for lack of evidence of a safer alternative design.
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