Walker Receives Prestigious Award

"At the annual meeting of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association in February, 2009, Billy Walker was presented the “Tommy Malone Great American Eagle Award”. This award recognizes an individual who has a calling to help others and is a powerful example of the bold pursuit of excellence and justice. Such an individual is one who inspires others and is a living symbol of Integrity, Strength, Bravery, Justice Freedom, Pride, Devotion, Excellence, and Friendship and to many a Hero."

A copy of the press release follows:

"Lexington Attorney Billy Walker recently received the prestigious Tommy Malone Great American Eagle Award at the Southern Trial Lawyers Association annual meeting in New Orleans. The Award was presented during the War Horse Dinner, which honors some of the most outstanding trial lawyers in America."

Billy is a 1969 graduate of Newberry College and has been serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the College for the past eight years.

The Tommy Malone Great American Eagle Award, which has been given to only one other lawyer per year for the past three years, honors an individual who has a calling to help others and serves as a powerful example of the bold pursuit of excellence and justice. The award is given to an individual who inspires others and is a living symbol of integrity, strength, bravery, justice, freedom, pride, devotion, excellence, friendship and to many, a hero.

The Southern Trial Lawyers Association promotes fellowship, learning, and networking among trial lawyers throughout the 13 southern states including member states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Billy Walker is one of the most respected trial attorneys in South Carolina, practicing since 1973. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, the South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Lexington County Bar Association, South Carolina Bar, American Bar Association, American Judicature Society and the Civil Justice Foundation. He is also a member of three legal societies, which accept members only by invitation: The Melvin Belli Society, the TAOS Group and the Aletheia Institute, of which he is a charter member.

The Walker & Morgan firm, led by Mr. Walker and his partner Kirk Morgan, concentrates on serious burn injury claims and has cultivated a reputation as one of the nation's most distinguished personal and burn injury law firms. The firm has handled many high-profile cases, and has extensive trial experience in its involvement in trials and litigation in various parts of the United States."