Overview
William is a Senior Associate in Linklaters’ Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations practice in New York. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation.
Prior to joining Linklaters, William was a litigation associate at another international law firm in New York.
Experience
- A medical device company: representing as defendant and counter-claimant in federal litigation relating to development of software for use in orthopedic surgery.
- Broadcom Inc.: represented as defendant in New York state court, securing complete dismissal of business tort claims by downstream manufacturer relating to supply of semiconductors.*
- Robert Bosch GmbH and Robert Bosch LLC: represented as defendants in multiple class actions and in government investigations arising from allegations of diesel emissions technology manipulation by automobile manufacturers.*
- Medtronic Minimed: represented as defendant in securing dismissal of earnout claim brought in Delaware Chancery Court.*
- Tempur Sealy International: represented as defendant in multi-day evidentiary hearing that resulted in denial of FTC application to block merger on antitrust grounds.*
- Compass Minerals: represented as defendant in securities fraud class action and derivative litigation relating to implementation of mining technology.*
- National Amusements, Inc. and Shari Redstone: represented as defendants in stockholder litigation in Delaware Chancery Court alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with $30 billion merger of Viacom and CBS.*
- Civil rights plaintiff: represented, pro bono, incarcerated person at trial of Section 1983 claims in the Southern District of New York.*
- Plaintiff: represented, pro bono, plaintiff in wage theft case in Eastern District of New York, achieving over $60,000 in settlement.*
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Linklaters.
Education, Qualifications and Languages
William obtained his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where he also served as a teaching assistant and as Submissions Director for the Yale Journal on Regulation. He also obtained a Master of Arts from Harvard University and his Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University Chicago (summa cum laude), graduating Phi Beta Kappa.
William is admitted to practice in the following courts and jurisdictions:
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan New York
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