William Sykes

Background

William Sykes is a founding Partner and Trial Lawyer at Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers, specializing in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He has secured multiple seven- and eight-figure settlements throughout his career. Sykes earned his Juris Doctor from the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law in 2005 and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration cum laude with University Honors from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2002. He is admitted to the State Bar of Nevada, the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Following two years as a judicial law clerk after law school, Sykes joined Claggett & Associates in 2008 and later co-founded Claggett & Sykes. His honors include AV Preeminent (Martindale-Hubbell, 2013), Mountain States Super Lawyers (2019-2021), the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers, and the NJA Badger Award (2021). He serves on the Nevada Justice Association Board of Governors and founded its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee.

Notable cases

• —$38.8M

  Jury verdict in commercial trucking wrongful death case (co-counsel)

• —$21M

  Settlement

• —$6.5M

  Settlement

• —$5M

  Settlement (non-confidential)

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