Willard Shepard, Esq.

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Benefits of working with Willard Shepard

“When its important to you, it’s important to me. This is what I live by. Whether in combat, or on a family’s worst day when tragedy or the unexpected comes, my history shows I will stand in your shoes. Finding light at the end of the tunnel is paramount to me.”

Willard Shepard is one of the most trusted professionals in Florida. The attorney, Gulf War Air Force fighter pilot, and as a 6 time Emmy award winning investigative reporter and news anchor at NBC in Miami, Shepard guided thousands through hurricanes, turmoil in America’s streets, military conflicts, tragedies, presidential campaigns, and landmark court rulings. Shepard has brought comfort, peace, and a sense of justice to families who turned to only him to deliver their message on the heels of an accident or disaster that forever altered their lives.

Now, Shepard is using his unique skill set and proven record of care in the toughest of times to put you, and your loved ones, in a far better place with the legal matter facing you. If you or a family member has been injured, or have suffered the ultimate loss from an accident involving a vehicle, workplace, airplane, doctor’s error, or any mishap, Shepard’s wide ranging relationships and abilities in association with the team of experienced experts will make your time of need their top priority guiding you step by step with a one of a kind synergy using the legal tools at their disposal to gain you a sense of justice and the maximum financial result in the shortest time possible.  Shepard’s 3 plus decades as a highly trained aviator and FAA ground instructor gives him technical insight not just into an airplane mishap, but any transportation related injury.

Shepard is an expert in media operations and community outreach. From his veteran experience, as an award-winning journalist and investigative reporter handling complex broadcast with significant legal components for the NBC owned and operated television station in Miami, he is the perfect person to develop media strategies for your company and its employees no matter your line of business. His training teaches them to be at the top of their game for presentations, public speaking, media interviews, and remote video conferencing sessions that can be vital to your company closing the deal. All this, while understanding the legal implications and constraints of your firm. The end result is a higher profile for your company to attract new business, and increase your standing in your community. Also, having positive relations already established if a crisis develops makes a vast difference in how your firm is viewed. Therefore advance, a well thought out plan to be executed should your company, agency, or organization, face a dire situation when the world is watching is paramount. Shepard’s combination of legal, broadcast, and journalism skills make him the perfect person for you if you believe you have been defamed, or where legal matters are already underway and his expertise can provide the insight to secure victory.

Shepard’s wide ranging experiences from flying over Iraq, to Florida’s worst hurricanes, to Washington, DC on January 6th, to life changing court rulings, to NASA launches make him an intriguing motivational speaker for your audience. His message of setting a mission for your organization, empowering workers and giving them the training and equipment to succeed, then rewarding them and holding them accountable leaves those in attendance inspired. Whether you are in private business, or in government service, organizations benefit greatly from his message.

About Willard Shepard

Six-time Emmy® award-winning journalist, attorney, and Gulf War Fighter Pilot Willard Shepard brought his unique insight to NBC 6 viewers as an anchor and investigative reporter three decades. He anchored the 5 p.m., 5.30 p.m., and weekend editions of the NBC 6 News.

Shepard, a member of the Florida Bar, used his legal skills to develop broadcasts on police reforms, law enforcement policies and procedures—a focus before and after the death of George Floyd. His consumer investigations uncover fraud and reveal progressive innovations in private business and government. His reports showed families how to protect their daily travels, finances, home, credit, and health during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the 2020 Presidential campaign, he not only delivered the views of the candidates for the White House, but brought insightful reports on the legal challengers that followed.

An expert in the military and aviation, Shepard called on his combat experience to guide viewers through the ongoing threats at home and abroad, including the war in Ukraine. He provided an inside look at the federal, state, and local efforts to keep America safe. His work detailing anti-terror efforts underwater to protect ports and cruise ships earned him an Emmy award. During the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, his military background brought a detailed perspective on the battlefront. He has also covered military conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo. He has guided viewers through the
return of Boeing’s 737 Max to service after two fatal accidents.

Shepard came to WTVJ in 1994 from CBS affiliate WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio where he anchored the morning news and was a special projects reporter and received an Emmy Award for his news series “The State of Black Cleveland.” He has also been honored for his reporting by the Associated Press, United Press International, and the Aviation and Space Writers Association.

In addition to his commitment to news, Shepard was a Lt. Colonel in the United States Air Force and Reserve. His A-10 squadron was the first Air Force Reserve fighter unit ever to go into combat. During the Gulf War, Shepard flew 52 combat sorties over Iraq and Kuwait. He was awarded six Air Medals for his support of Coalition Army Ground Forces. Shepard has also flown missions over Bosnia for NATO. He was the first Air Force pilot to openly fly the Soviet Mig-29 fighter. As a staff officer, Lt. Colonel Shepard examined air operations programs in the U.S. Southern Command.

For the Air Force Reserve today, he assists high school students in obtaining ROTC scholarships and appointments to the USAF Academy. As a member of the USAF Civil Air Patrol, he has flown search and rescue missions and countless sorties showing middle and high school students aviation opportunities in the USAF and beyond. He is an FAA aircraft Advanced Ground and Instrument Instructor and is an FAA certified Unmanned Aerial Systems pilot.

Shepard is a graduate of the Florida International University College of Law and specializes in media and aviation legal issues. Shepard graduated cum laude from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Theater. He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force
Officer Training School in San Antonio, Texas, and a finalist for the prestigious White House Fellowship program.

Shepard is actively involved in the community. He currently works with the Miami-Dade County School Board’s “5,000 Role Models” program, teaching middle and high school students the values they need to succeed. He and his wife, Tainna, are parents to Gianmarco and Francesca.