William L. Banton, Jr. is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Following graduation, Mr. Banton attended the Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree in 1983. Mr. Banton returned to the Philadelphia area and accepted a clerkship with the Honorable Theodore A. McKee formerly of the Court of Common Pleas. Justice McKee currently sits on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Upon completion of a challenging 1 year clerkship, Mr. Banton served as an Assistant City Solicitor, and eventually obtained the status as Assistant Chief City Solicitor for the Philadelphia Law Department, where he tried numerous cases involving alleged civil rights violations by the Philadelphia Police Department and corrections officers for the Philadelphia prisons.

In June 1985, Mr. Banton entered the private practice of law, where he began to refine his skills at two area law firms in a wide variety of litigation matters before beginning his career at Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in November 1990. He has defended major asbestos manufacturers in toxic tort matters, as well as represented the interests of numerous municipalities in the State of Pennsylvania in various civil rights cases litigated in federal court. Since 1994, Mr. Banton has primarily focused his practice in the area of medical malpractice litigation.

Mr. Banton has lectured before various insurance organizations, as well as participated in mock trial seminars to educate physicians about the litigation process.

Mr. Banton is a member of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin's human relations committee and serves as vice chair of the firm's hiring committee.

Mr. Banton has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2006 and 2007 in the area of Personal Injury Defense-Medical Malpractice.