Lawyer Overview

Bill is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a frequent author and speaker, including a contributing author to the Personal Torts section of the Annual Survey of Texas Law for the SMU Law Review for a number of years. He is a member of Leader's Forum for the American Association of Justice, and serves as the Vice-Chair for the Sections and Litigation Group Coordinating Committee for AAJ. He also serves as a Trustee for the National College of Advocacy.

He is a Fellowship Member and sits on the Board of Directors for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. He has earned a membership in the College of the State Bar of Texas, is an invited member to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and has been repeatedly named by Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Lawyer, most recently in 2009. Bill's practice includes catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases of all types, with emphasis on pharmaceutical cases, insurance bad faith and medical negligence cases.

Bill was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and did his undergraduate work both at North Dakota State University and at Moorhead State University in Minnesota. He completed his under-graduate degree magna cum laude, then moved to Texas; he took his law degree from Baylor University School of Law, and began practicing as a defense lawyer for one of the 25 largest law firms in the state of Texas. After a number of years of defense work, Bill switched sides, and began working exclusively for victims, a practice he continues to this day.

Areas of Practice

• Catastrophic Injury
• Wrongful Death
• Pharmaceutical Cases
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Medical Negligence Cases

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Bad Faith, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Pharmaceutical Products, Medical Malpractice

Certification/Specialties

• Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Leader's Forum for the American Association of Justice (Member)
• American Association of Justice (AAJ), Litigation Group (Vice-Chair, Coordinating Committee)
• National College of Advocacy (Trustee)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Fellowship Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
• Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Fellowship Member)
• Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors)
• College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Texas Super Lawyer

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Speaker, "Personal Torts" Section of the Annual Survey of Texas Law, SMU Law Review

Education

• Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
• North Dakota State University
  Honors: magna cum laude
• Moorhead State University
  Honors: magna cum laude

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Published Works

• "Personal Torts" Section of the Annual Survey of Texas Law, (Contributing Author), SMU Law Review

Address

11551 Forest Central Drive
Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75243-3924

Phones

(214) 987-0005

Faxes

(214) 987-2545

Emails

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Websites

http://www.badpharmalawyer.com
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http://www.mcwlawfirm.com
http://www.attorneyinjuryblog.com