About Us

Aggressive, trusted, dedicated, and compassionate defense attorney—ready to fight for you.

YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS

Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Mr. Stanton graduated summa cum laude with highest honors from the University of Richmond’s prestigious Jepson School of Leadership Studies, where he ranked second in his class with a GPA of 3.85. He then pursued his J.D. at the University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law as a John Marshall Scholar, the law school’s most prestigious scholarship program, limited to 8% of the incoming class.

During law school, Mr. Stanton earned numerous academic achievements, including membership in the McNeill Law Society (an honor reserved for law students ranked in the top 10% of their class), induction into the Order of the Coif, participation in the Law Review, and awards for Advanced Trial Practice.

Following law school, Mr. Stanton served the Commonwealth of Virginia as an aggressive criminal prosecutor, handling multi-million-dollar regulatory cases as well as serious violent crimes such as murder, arson, abduction, domestic violence, malicious wounding, and DUIs. He also prosecuted lighter cases, including traffic violations.

For more than a decade, the government trusted Mr. Stanton to prosecute criminal and regulatory violations on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Now, he leverages that invaluable behind-the-scenes experience to work for you as a zealous, hard-hitting advocate for your constitutional rights. Having won hundreds of cases before judges and juries in Circuit, General District, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts in Virginia, Mr. Stanton knows what it takes to win—tireless dedication, thorough preparation, and open communication with his clients.

What You Can Expect

Giving you personalized representation and exhaustive trial preparation, Mr. Stanton fights the government at every turn to protect your rights. His aggressive approach to defense leaves no option unexplored. With more than a decade of experience on both sides of the aisle in prosecution and defense, William W. Stanton VII is an experienced and aggressive trial attorney ready to fight for you!