William Harty | Newport News Personal Injury Lawyer

Will Harty is Partner at Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, LC, where he represents clients in product liability, personal injury, and maritime tort trial litigation, and appellate practice. As a trial attorney, Mr. Harty and his colleagues have won several multi-million dollar product liability verdicts. In his appellate practice, Will has represented clients in complex legal issues before the Virginia Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
-Regularly consulted and retained by other firms across the nation on maritime issues;
-Gives national-level presentations and continuing legal education seminars on maritime law, tort litigation, and trial and appellate strategy;
-Member of the Boyd-Graves Conference, an invitation-only conference of Virginia attorneys, judges, and legislators, which studies legal issues and makes recommendations for changes to Virginia law.
-Member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States.
-Former law clerk for Judge (now Virginia Supreme Court Justice) D. Arthur Kelsey of the Virginia Court of Appeals.
-Former U.S. Army Infantry officer and Airborne Ranger, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, and 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Opposition Forces).
-Combat Veteran, Operation Just Cause, Panama 1989, and First Gulf War, 1990-1991.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, L.C.	Newport News, VA	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Regent University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	2000
Texas Tech University	Bachelors		1988

State / Court	Date
Virginia	2000

• Member | American Association of Justice
  Member | Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
  Member | Maritime Law Association of the United States
  Member | Newport News Bar Association

• Virginia Legal Elite | Young Lawyer Category
  Virginia Rising Star | 2007 and 2010
  Virginia "Super Lawyer" Products Liability | 2013-2018
  Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(2000) Licensed as Attorney in Virginia. Verified with Virginia State Bar.	September 25, 2020

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