Awarded the AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, the country’s leading legal directory for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. In 2015, he achieved the highest possible rating (5.0 out of 5.0). The rating was awarded to less than five percent of all attorneys across the United States. This designation is a widely respected mark of achievement; it differentiates an attorney from his or her competition. The Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ are an objective indicator of an attorney’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of attorneys by other members of the bar and the judiciary. The AV® Preeminent™ Rating is the highest possible rating given by LexisNexis Martindale, and is established on a peer-review basis. It signifies that Mr. Williams has been rated as having the best possible scores for legal abilities and ethical standards. It is a nationally-recognized acknowledgment of an attorney’s accomplishments and skills, and is known to position him or her among the elite practitioners in the country.

Mr. Williams has been awarded the highest possible Judicial Ranking by the Judiciary in 2018 and has been awarded the the Judicial AV® Preeminent™ Plaque by American Registry and Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Williams has been voted by his peers and awarded the Top Attorney Rating by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. He is also listed as one of Tarrant County’s Top Lawyers in Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, 2002, Insurance Defense category.

He was also awarded a  “Superb” Rating by AVVO (a perfect score of 10.0 out of 10.0), a Top Attorney rating calculated using a mathematical model that evaluates relevant data in an attorney’s profile, including experience, disciplinary history, professional achievements, client reviews, peer reviews and industry recognition .The rating system periodically collects background data from multiple sources, including state bar associations, court records, lawyer websites, and other information, and is considered a premier consumer dedicated attorney rating system.

Mr. Williams is also a Member of the prestigious Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM Alliance), an alliance comprised of insurance companies, corporations, Corporate Counsel, Litigation and Risk Managers, claims professionals and insurance defense attorneys. Through education and collaboration the organization’s goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. Selected attorneys and law firms are extended membership by invitation only based on nominations from CLM Fellows. 

Mr. Williams was also selected by ALM to be included in the 2017 and 2018 Annual section of Texas’s Top Rated Lawyers in The Texas Lawyer.

He was also invited to be included in the 2016 publication of Legal Leaders: Insurance Law in The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel. Additionally, American Registry LLC, has named James L. Williams to The Registry™ of Business and Professional Excellence.

He was selected to be included in U.S. News Lawyer Directory Best Lawyers.

The firm has been selected as one of the "10 Best Law Firms for Texas" by The American Institute of Legal Counsel (AIOLC) for workers' comp litigation defense which recognizes excellence of practitioners in their practice areas. This is a significant achievement as each firm must be formally nominated by the Institute, clients, and/or fellow attorneys, have attained the highest degree of professional achievement and have an impeccable Client Satisfaction Rating, with client satisfaction being of paramount importance.

The firm has also been selected by as among the Top 17 Litigation Attorneys serving Fort Worth, Texas in 2018.   scored litigation attorneys on more than 25 variables across five categories, including reputation, credibility, experience, availability and professionalism and analyzed the results to give a hand-picked list of the best litigation attorneys in Fort Worth, Texas.

Each year The American Registry reviews industry data and recognition criteria throughout the world to identify and award the “Best of the Best”. Mr Williams has been selected as within the TOP 1%, attaining the “America’s Most Honored Professionals” Recognition for 2018.

Williams, McClure & Parmelee provides a broad range of legal services with concentration in the areas of insurance defense litigation and business representation. Our attorneys have over 90 years of combined legal experience. The firm has extensive experience in business and insurance company representation including insurance defense, construction law, transportation law, workers' compensation defense and employment law defense. Our firm places special emphasis on representation of insurance companies, third party administrators (TPA's) and assisting insurance claims management and claims personnel. Williams, McClure & Parmelee combines large firm performance with small firm relationships and small firm fees. Williams, McClure & Parmelee is a preferred law firm for the Insurance Management Institute Insurance Law List. The firm is recommended counsel of the Directory of American Business & Insurance Attorneys (ABIA). The firm includes an Associate Member of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) as well as a member of the Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA). We are also a listed Insurance Defense Law Firm by Casualty Adjusters Guide (CAG). Attorneys at Williams, McClure & Parmelee have litigated cases before state administrative agencies, state courts, federal agencies, federal courts and the American Arbitration Association. 

 Williams, McClure & Parmelee has also been recognized for excellence in adherence to the highest professional standards and integrity by Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM).