William M. Chanfrau, Jr.
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Daytona Beach, Florida
Chanfrau & Chanfrau
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Insurance Coverage; view more
Licensed in Florida since: 1997
Education: Stetson University College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2018, 2023 - 2025 Call today:
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A partner with Chanfrau & Chanfrau, William Chanfrau, Jr., represents clients' rights in Central Florida. He focuses his practice on personal injury, handling cases involving matters such as construction accidents, product liability, dog bites, nursing home negligence, child injuries, sexual child abuse, slip-and-falls, premises liability, water craft accidents, trucking accidents, accidental death, motorcycle accidents and auto accidents.
After graduating in 1993 from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in political science, Mr. Chanfrau decided to become an attorney like his father. He attended Stetson University College of Law and received his Juris Doctor in 1997.
For over 10 years, Mr. Chanfrau has protected the rights of people who are injured through another's negligence. He knows the mental, physical and emotional pain that victims and their families go through and works hard to win them the financial compensation they need. Victims find a compassionate and aggressive advocate in Mr. Chanfrau and know that he will look out for their current and future needs. He is a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and holds the highest rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale Hubbell for his superior legal ethics and skills.
Mr. Chanfrau has served in a number of offices during the years. He was president of the Volusia County Bar Association; he served as a board member and president of the Seminole Club of Volusia and Flagler Counties; and he was a member of the law advisory committee for Stetson University College of Law. Currently, Mr. Chanfrau is on the board of directors for the 7th Circuit Bar Association as well as a board member for the Florida International Festival. He is also a member of several organizations, including the Ormond Beach Rotary Club, the Florida Justice Association and the American Association for Justice.
Daytona Beach Office
701 N Peninsula Dr
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
Palm Coast Office
145 Airport Rd
Ste A
Palm Coast, FL 32164
Deland Office
100 E New York Avenue
Suite #103R
DeLand, FL 32724
* AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Criminal Defense, Insurance CoverageFocus areas
Animal Bites, Arrest & Arraignment, Assault, Assault & Battery, Bad Faith Insurance, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Criminal Domestic Violence, Criminal Law, Dram Shop Laws, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Insurance, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 80% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Criminal Defense
- 10% Insurance Coverage
First Admitted: 1997, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://www.chanfraulaw.com/about/our-legal-team/william-m-c...
- Young Lawyer's Division Representative, 1999 - 2000
- Member, American Inns of Court, 2002
- Volusia County Chapter, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2001 - 2005
- Board of Governors, 7th Circuit Representative, Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, 2001 - 2009
- Florida Justice Association - Formerly Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1997 - Present
- Volusia Civil Trial Lawyers Association, 2008 - Present
- President, Volusia County Bar Association 2002 - 2003
- Member, Volusia County Bar Association, 1998 – Present
- Board Member, Young Lawyer's, 2000 - 2004
- Board Member, Volusia County, 2000-2008
- Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 7th Circuit, 2001 - 2004
- Stetson College of Law Advisory Committee, 2005 - 2008
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates, 2010 - Present
- President, Young Lawyer's, 2003 - 2004
- Florida Bar Association, 1997 - Present
- Florida, 1997
- American Association for Justice, 2002 - Present
- Board of Directors, 7th Circuit Bar Association
- Settlement: $300,000 (Policy Limits) for knee injury caused by negligent operation of a golf cart.
- Settlement: (Confidential) gunshot wounds caused death to client at a local fast food premises.
- Settlement: (Policy Limits) to client who sustained anoxia “lack of oxygen” as a direct result of the negligence of Volusia County lifeguards while rescuing the client from the dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Sex Discrimination 250k
- Age Discrimination 250k
- Age Discrimination 300k
- Boating Accident 500k
- Trucking Accident 500k
- Sexual Assault and Rape Involving Fraternity 1.5 million
- Negligent Security Case involving bar – 500k
- Wage and Hour Settlement 1.5 million
- Sexual Harassment Settlement – 400k
- Settlement: $750,000 (Policy Limits) for trucking accident in Flagler County, Florida. Client was significantly injured resulting in repeated surgery for repair and replacement of fractured and dislocated jaw and spinal injuries.
- Settlement: $150,000 for fracture dislocation of tibia fibula from fall from deck due to an uneven surface.
- Settlement: (Confidential) for client struck in parking lot of local bar.
- Settlement: $1.7 million to client’s estate for the wrongful death arising out of death on a waterway caused by negligent operation of a watercraft.
- Settlement: (Confidential) client sustained 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns to torso from defective outlet.
- Settlement: (Confidential) to minor in claim against the state of Florida and foster parents for head injuries from shaken baby syndrome
- Settlement: $3 million to estate and survivors of motorcycle operator killed in motorcycle accident.
- Settlement: $350,000 to the estate of client who sustained injuries resulting in death from air carrier who failed to provide for safe transport by wheelchair to aircraft.
- Verdict: $450,000 to wife for death of husband who was killed by an intoxicated hit and run motorist.
- Settlement: $850,000 to estate of decedent whose death was caused by contact with commercial truck.
- Settlement: $1 million (Policy Limits) involved in motorcycle accident resulting in injuries to extremity resulting in leg amputation.
- Settlement: $350,000 (Policy Limits) for rear end collision in Volusia County, Florida resulting in a closed head injury.
- Settlement: $2.5 million (Policy Limits) to client sustaining multiple bodily injuries as a passenger on a motorcycle sliding under a motor vehicle.
- Settlement: $225,000.00 to client tripping over ridge in hotel lobby carpet.
- Settlement: $500,000 (Policy Limits) in Brevard County for illegal turn causing motor vehicle crash and death.
- Verdict: $750,000 to passenger in head-on collision in Volusia County.
- Settlement: $730,000 for bad faith of auto insurance following verdict.
- Settlement: $150,000 for facial scarring and disfigurement to a child.
- Settlement: $1.2 million to client sustaining closed head injuries from illegal u-turn caused by rental car operators.
- Settlement: $375,000 for injuries to hotel guest for fall from defective balcony.
- Settlement: $1.75 million (Policy Limits) for spinal injuries to child falling from playground equipment to uncushioned playground surface.
- Settlement: $450,000 for injuries minor child falling from defective hotel balcony railing.
- Settlement: $1.2 million for closed head injuries to client sustained in a trucking accident due to illegally backing onto an unlit highway.
- Settlement: $1.5 million for bodily injuries associated with an under-ride motor vehicle accident.
- Settlement: $1.5 million for under-ride accident resulting in death.
- Verdict: $750,000 for collapse of structure on masonry premises resulting in bodily injuries.
- Settlement: $300,000 (Policy Limits) for bodily injuries sustained by client requiring surgery and implantation of plate in lower extremity.
- Settlement: $325,000 for bodily injuries sustained in a rear end collision in Flagler County, Florida.
- Settlement: $325,000 from accidental spraying of toxic chemicals on clients resulting in asthma and other respiratory distress.
- Verdict: $485,000 for injuries to the lumbar spine sustained by client and surgically treated. (Flagler County)
- Settlement: $560,000 for complex fractures of pelvis and lower lumbar spine resulting in substantial disabilities.
- President, Seminole Club of Volusia and Flagler Counties, 2003 - 2004
- President, Seminole Club of Volusia and Flagler Counties, 1999 - 2000
- Board Member, Seminole Club of Volusia and Flagler Counties, 1998 - 2000
- Ormond Beach Rotary Club, 2004 - Present
- Seminole Club of Volusia and Flagler Counties, 1998 - Present
- Board Member, Florida International Festival, 2003 - Present
- Social Chair, Delta Tau Delta Social Fraternity, Florida State University
- President Elect, Young Lawyer's, 2002 - 2003
- Fundraising Chair, Delta Tau Delta Social Fraternity, Florida State University
- Martindale Hubbell's Bar Register of Pre-eminent Attorney, 2002 - Present
- AV Preeminent* from Martindale Hubbell, Superior Legal Ethics and Skills
- Florida State University, B.S., in Criminology, Summa Cum Laude, 1993
- Seabreeze High School, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1989
- Accidental Death
- Auto Accidents
- Boating Accidents
- Child Injuries
- Children And Minor's Claims For Sexual Abuse
- Criminal Defense
- Medical Negligence
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Nursing Home Negligence
- PIP Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Trucking Accidents
Office location for William M. Chanfrau, Jr.
701 North Peninsula Drive
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
Phone: 386-245-6416
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2018, 2023 - 2025
