Toni J Williams
Managing Partner
Practice Area: Workers' Compensation Defense
Overview
Attorney Toni J Williams is the managing partner in the law firm of SutterWilliams, LLC. She began her legal career in 1991 with a predecessor firm. She has represented insurance companies and self-insured employers in Workers' Compensation litigations since 1991 in Pennsylvania and since 2009 in West Virginia. She also practices in the area of Federal Black Lung.
Education
Attorney Williams earned a bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University in 1986 and a Juris Doctorate from its Evening Division Law School in 1990.
Positions & Recognitions
- Fellow of The American Bar Association's College of Workers Compensation Lawyers (Inducted class of 2019)
- Past chair and council member of Allegheny County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyers Assistance Committee Member
- Former Program Planning Committee Chair for Workers’ Compensation Law Section of PBA
- Board Director (emeritus) of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc
- The Best Lawyers in America - Workers Compensation Law – Employers 2015 to present
- The Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania since 2017
- Pittsburgh Best Lawyers 2015
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2025
- Co-author, PBI’s Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Practice Procedure (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2026)
- Chairperson, PBI’s Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Practice Procedure (2026 ff.)
- Lecturer and program planner for Allegheny County Bench Bar conferences, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers ethics programs and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
*SutterWilliams, LLC is acknowledged as a “First Tier” firm by U.S. News and World Report for Workers’ Compensation representing employers.
Industry Recognition
Twenty-five years ago, Toni was asked by her peers to accept the important responsibility of being a co-author on "Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation - Practice & Procedure".
Over the course of those two plus decades, she has been a part of the faculty made up of attorneys on both sides of the bar and workers’ compensation judges who write and update this widely respected and utilized resource on a biannual basis. Toni is now the Chair of the team that writes "Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation - Practice & Procedure".
Most Pennsylvania attorneys who practice Workers' Compensation law rely on this publication to guide the representation of their clients.
For years, Toni has been recognized by her peers as a highly esteemed attorney in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In 2019, Toni was inducted as a fellow in the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers; an organization established to honor those attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice in the field of Workers' Compensation.
Memberships & Bar Admissions
Current Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensaion Coalition
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- West Virginia Bar Association
- West Virginia Workers' Compensation Association
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America - Workers' Compensation Law – 2015, 2016, 2107, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
- The Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Pittsburgh Best Lawyers 2015
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2025
- Board Director (Emeritus) of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc
- Past chair and council member of Allegheny County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section
- Pennsylvania Bar Association's Lawyers Assistance Committee Member
- Former Program Planning Committee Chair for Workers’ Compensation Law Section of Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lecturer and program planner for Allegheny County Bench Bar conferences, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers ethics programs and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Admissions
Federal Courts
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the 3rd circuit and 4th circuit
- Southern District of West Virginia
Pennsylvania State Courts
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- All Pennsylvania State Courts
West Virgina State Courts
- West Virginia Supreme Court
- Lower Courts of West Virginia