Current Employment Position(s)

Director

Lawyer Overview

Bill is the Chair of the firm's Business Litigation Practice Group. In recent years his practice has focused on corporate litigation, including contract, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, however, Bill's more than thirty years of trial experience includes a wide variety of trial work, including the representation of companies and individuals in tax, securities, trade secret and employment litigation. As a former Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, he also has extensive experience in governmental and administrative litigation, as well as lawsuits involving constitutional law including tax matters, defamation and civil rights. Bill also serves as a mediator in the Federal and State Courts.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation and Trial Practice

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers & Partners America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Past Employment Positions

• Office of the Attorney General, New Hampshire, Assistant Attorney General, 1976 - 1981
• Chief, Civil Division, Office of the Attorney General, New Hampshire, 1978 - 1981
• Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum, Boston, Massachusetts, 1972 - 1975

Education

• University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1972
  J.D.
• Trinity College, 1969
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors

Address

City Hall Plaza
900 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101

Phones

(603) 628-1469

Faxes

(603) 625-5650

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mclane.com