Roy Willey Member/Trial Lawyer Poulin | Willey | Anastopoulo, Charleston

Roy Willey, Member & Trial Lawyer at Poulin | Willey | Anastopoulo in Charleston, has practiced personal injury and civil trial law for 12 years. He explained that he chose personal injury and civil trial work because it allows lawyers to stand between ordinary people and powerful defendants at the moments when the stakes are highest, noting these cases are about accountability, dignity and restoring balance when harm has been done.

Known for building and leading trial teams willing to take difficult cases to verdict, Willey prepares cases as if they will be tried from day one through what he calls the Trial Ready Process. He secured a $700 million jury verdict on behalf of the mother of Brittanee Drexel and a $50 million verdict in Charleston for the family of Frank Bales after he was killed on his motorcycle.

Willey served as Chairman of the National Executive Board for the American Association for Justice Insurance Law Section and Co-Chairman of the Business Interruption Litigation Taskforce for AAJ, receiving the American Association for Justice Certificate of Recognition and Outstanding Service in 2020. He has been named among Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.