THEPEARSONLAWGROUP.COM - Key Persons


Gray Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder, May 2008 - May 2011
As a member of the business litigation practice group, Mr. Pearson was the primary criminal defense attorney for this 250 lawyer (11 office) Florida law firm. Mr. Pearson concentrated on the entire spectrum of the criminal defense practice including: corporate compliance and investigations, corporate and individual defense of: business crimes, governmental investigations, banking compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) investigations and compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) investigations and compliance, Health Care (Medicare and Medicaid) Fraud and Abuse investigations and compliance, and forfeiture matters.

William M. Pearson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Litigation Practice Group
  • Member of the Florida
  • P.a
William M. Pearson, a Miami native, earned his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1984. Mr. Pearson soon joined the Federal Public Defender's Office in Miami (Southern District of Florida), where he defended the indigent in federal court for more than four years. Mr. Pearson then switched to the other side of the courtroom and, in 1989, joined the United States Attorney's Office in Miami. Mr. Pearson left government service in 2000, when he went into the private practice of law. Since that time, he has continued to zealously represent his clients, assisting people and businesses in all stages of criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Pearson is a member of the Florida and District of Columbia Bars and is licensed to practice in the Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Since 2000, Mr. Pearson has been rated AV Preeminent (the highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell's Peer Review Rating Process and has been named a Florida Super Lawyer from 2006 (inaugural year) thru the present in the area of Litigation / White Collar Criminal Defense. Mr. Pearson initially set up his solo practice during this time, where he was engaged primarily in federal and state criminal trial and government and corporate investigative matters.