Bill Hinnant is a native Andersonian and graduated from the Anderson public schools. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Molecular Biology later receiving his MD degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. There, he was class representative to the American Medical Student Association and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed a residency in urological surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and is Board-certified in adult and pediatric urology. Bill later attended law school at the Georgia State University College of Law where he was a finalist in the Georgia State Moot Court Competition and received a class award in Advanced Legal Research. He is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine serving as its associate counsel and chairman of its Amicus and Ethics Committees.
Bill has authored Amicus Briefs on behalf of the Semmelweis Society, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Alliance for Patient Safety, and the American College of Legal Medicine. Likewise he has authored regulatory comments on behalf of many of these organizations as well as the Los Angeles County Medical Association. He has argued appellate matters in multiple jurisdictions in Federal and State Court and is admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.
Bill’s primary interest include medical malpractice and professional liability litigation, peer review and credentialing litigation, healthcare antitrust and fraud and abuse litigation, product law and drug litigation, white-collar crime, administrative law including Medical Board matters, workers’ compensation and social security disability. Bill and his wife, Virginia, have four children all of whom are either in college or professional school. His personal interests include sports, travel, hunting, fishing, classic movies, reading, theater and cooking.
Board Status
- Certified as Diplomate, American Board of Urology
- Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine
Bar Memberships
- South Carolina Bar, Bar # 69476
- Admitted to S.C Federal District Court and U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal I.D. # 9129.
- Admission to Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Admitted to multiple jurisdictions pro hac vice.
Work History (Medical)
- Private Practice, Charleston, SC, 1992 - 1994
- Anderson Urology Associates, PA, Anderson, SC 1994 – present
Work History (Legal)
- Medicolegal Consultants, LLC, Partner, 2002 - present
Consulting Positions
- Mentor Incorporated, Health Insurance Appeal Consultant, 2002 – 2007
- Council of Advisors, Gerson Lehrman Group, 2002 – present
- GLG Educators Council, 2005 - present
- Urology Times – Health Law and Regulation, 2002 – present
- General Counsel, Prostate Centers of America, LLC, 2003 – 2005
- Coalition for the Advancement of Prosthetic Urology, 2005 – present
- Coloplast, Inc., Health Insurance Appeal Consultant, 2007 - present
Academic Appointment
- Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, Clemson University, 1994 - present.
Education
- Clemson University, Summa Cum Laude, 1983
- Medical University of South Carolina, Honor Graduate, 1986
- Georgia State University School of Law, 2001
Professional Societies and Organizations
- American Bar Association, 1997 – present
- Health Law Section, 1997 – present
- Litigation Section, 1999 - present
- American Urological Association, 1991 – present
- American Medical Association, 1982 - 1988
- American Society for Microbiology, 1979 - 1983
- American Medical Student Association, 1982 - 1986
- MUSC Alumni Association, 1986 - present
- Clemson Alumni Association, 1982 - present
- Dallas - Ft. Worth Clemson Club, 1986 - 1992
- South Carolina Medical Association, 1991 - present
- Texas Medical Association, 1986 - 1992
- Texas Urological Society, 1991 - 1992
- American Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1992 – 1994
- American College of Legal Medicine, 1999 - present
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2004 – present
- Semmelweis Society International, 2002 – present
President, 2005 - 2007