William Hagood was born and raised in Woodstock, Georgia. He graduated from Birmingham-Southern College, where he earned a degree in Business Administration while also being a two-sport athlete. Mr. Hagood earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.

While in Law School, he focused his efforts on trial advocacy, where he competed and placed in multiple mock trial competitions.

Mr. Hagood has successfully litigated and tried cases throughout Georgia, protecting and fighting for the rights of his clients injured in accidents involving large commercial trucks and commercial vehicles, as well as motor vehicle collisions and slip and fall cases.