Bill concentrates his practice on matters involving negligence including products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, brain injuries, and cerebral palsy claims. Bill has successfully resolved (either through trial or settlement) complex personal injury claims for over 30 years including those involving:
• A brain injury which occurred when the surgeon entered into patients brain while removing sinus polyps
• Cerebral Palsy and other brain injuries caused by an anesthesiologist who administered an adult dose of anesthetic to a six-month-old infant
• The death of a nineteen-year-old caused by the hospital’s emergency room’s failure to properly treat an aspirin overdose
• The death of a seventy-year-old woman due to the hospital’s administering an overdose of a sedative
• The loss of a patient’s leg as a result of the surgeon cutting a patient’s artery during bladder surgery
• Cerebral Palsy and other brain injuries caused by a hospital’s failure to properly treat an infant’s jaundice
• The death of a patient following gastric bypass surgery
• A brain injury which occurred when a customer was thrown from snowmobile while on a guided tour
• The death of a husband and wife from carbon monoxide poisoning which escaped from the boiler
• The death of motorcyclist who was side-swiped by a car
• A brain injury to an infant as a result of the negligent delay of her helicopter transport
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Vermont
- Vermont Supreme Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Member
- Leckerling Law PLLC
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- Attorney / Director
- Lisman Leckerling PC
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- Associate
- Martin, Clearwater and Bell
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- Vermont Law School
- J.D. | Law
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- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- B.A. (1979) | Political Science and Economics
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- Super Lawyer - Employment Law and Personal injury
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to Super Lawyers: 2007 - 2019
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale Hubbel
- Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence - - William Leckerling is a top trial lawyer in a plaintiff's firm in Burlington. He specializes in medical negligence cases. I have been up against him multiple times and have tried at least one full jury trial to verdict against him. He is very prepared and very thorough. As far as ethics go, his word is his bond. He is able to see the weaknesses as well as the strength in his cases and thus is able to get many cases that he has prepared settled for good money. Bill is a seasoned trial lawyer who has handled big and complicated cases in several fields. A very thorough, competent, and always prepared litigator.
- Vermont State Bar
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- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow
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- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Certified Civil Trial Law
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- Fire Safety and Carbon Monoxide Awareness & Prevention Summit, Lebanon New Hampshire
- Carbon Monoxide Alliance
- CO from a Legal Perspective
- Civil Trial Advocate
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
