William Hardy | Lewiston Personal Injury Lawyer

Bill Hardy has focused his career as a personal injury lawyer, helping injured residents of Maine receive the money they deserve from insurance companies. He started practice in 1973 and has been working in the Portland and Lewiston area as a personal injury attorney ever since. For 30 plus years he has been fighting for the rights of the injured.

He was born in Farmington, Maine, attended Colby College, and served in the U. S. Air Force in the United States and Vietnam. He was a news producer for a Boston Television station before beginning his career in personal injury law. He has also served in various capacities for the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and the Maine Bar Association, and he is a member of both.

Although Mr. Hardy is no longer active in trial practice, he remains associated with the Maine lawyers of Hardy, Wolf & Downing.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Hardy Wolf & Dow	Lewiston, ME	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Maine School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1973
Colby College	Bachelors		N/A

State / Court	Date
Maine	1973

• Member | Maine State Bar Association
  

• Over 45 years of experiance practicing law.

• Verdicts & Settlements
  

  Personal Injury Payout

  Awarded: $4,500,000

  BURNS FROM PAINTBALL EQUIPMENT

  While playing paintball with friends, a 13-year-old boy received serious burns from the paintball equipment. This case was very difficult to win, but we fought everyone responsible and won our young client $850,000 with a structured cash settlement paying out four and a half million dollars over the course of his lifetime. Most attorneys would not have taken this case because of the difficulty proving who was at fault. However, the accident attorneys at Hardy, Wolf & Downing takes cases that others won’t and we win.

  Auto Accident Settlement

  Awarded: $600,000

  NECK AND SPINE INJURY FROM CAR ACCIDENT

  While on the job, an infectious disease nurse was driving her car and was broadsided by another vehicle. She received serious injuries to her neck and spine that required extensive spinal surgery. Unfortunately the surgery did not work and she was left in chronic pain and discomfort. Not only was she unable to work professionally again, she could no longer participate in various physical activities she previously loved to do such as family sporting events, skiing and more. Being a very physically active individual this was a devastating consequence of the accident. Moreover, she was a devout Catholic and could no longer bend down at the pew in church due to her injuries. We had a number of problems fighting this case, namely her treating physician was a friend of the opposing counsel and was not helpful in supporting our claim that she was unable to work. Plus, the defense hired an independent medical examiner who initially supported the insurance company stating that she was physically able to work. We knew she couldn’t work and we wouldn’t accept their initial offers to settle the case. Despite the factors working against us we didn’t give up. Our skilled attorneys were able to turn the medical examiner’s testimony around to work for us and we won the case for $600,000.

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1973) Licensed as Attorney in Maine. Verified with Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar.	November 28, 2018

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