McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Bill has extensive experience in the field of legal ethics and professional responsibility. He has chaired the Firm’s Professional Responsibility Committee since 1994 and is an adjunct professor in Legal Ethics at Northwestern University Law School.

Bill also has extensive experience in constitutional law. In 1985, he won an Illinois Supreme Court decision in Sanelli v. Glenview State Bank, regarded as seminal in the area of separation of powers doctrine. In 1993, he won an important decision in the Illinois Appellate Court, on due process grounds, in ChemRex, Inc. v. Illinois Pollution Control Board.

Bill has represented clients in admiralty litigation as well. He was one of the lead counsel representing the ship owner in Grubart v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, where admiralty jurisdiction was upheld in the US Supreme Court in 1995.

Bill has handled litigation in the federal and state courts in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, DC and Wisconsin.

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• Represent 14 directors in defense of securities fraud class actions arising out of merger
• Represent former CFO of Diebold, Inc. in defense of securities fraud action
• Represent CEO of broker-dealer in investigation
• Represented a former CFO of a publicly owned company in the defense of a purported securities fraud class action, a derivative action and a SEC action
• Represented targets in an SEC investigation of potential insider trading; SEC declined to prosecute
• Represented through trial a multinational manufacturer of spirits and wines in dealer termination litigation
• Represented through trial a major nonprofit in a dispute over ownership of charitable assets
• Represented professional sports leagues in concussion-related litigation
• Represented NCAA in concussion-related litigation

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• Center for Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
• Center for Enriched Living

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