William counsels businesses and individuals through all phases of real estate litigation, construction litigation, and business litigation. His experience includes numerous bench and jury trials, arbitration proceedings, and state court appeals. His current representations concern real property disputes ranging from troubled real estate transactions to landlord/tenant disputes, government zoning and code compliance for governmental entities and property owners, and construction litigation for contractors and property owners related to defective construction, mechanic’s liens, and licensing issues. In addition to business litigation-related business partner and contract disputes, William also provides outside general counsel functions for businesses, including contract drafting and pre-litigation advice.
Before entering the civil practice of law, William served in the United States Army, first as an officer in a Patriot Missile battery and then as his battalion’s S-2 Security Officer. Prior to joining GSRM Law, William practiced at a state-wide firm in Nashville, Tennessee and a full-service law firm in Des Moines, Iowa.
Drake University Law School, J.D., 2011
Wake Forest University, B.A., 2004
Tennessee, 2018
Iowa, 2011
United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee
United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
- Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America,/i> for Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers for Civil Litigation: Defense
- Named a Mid-South Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine
- Named a Great Plains Rising Star by Great Plains Super Lawyers magazine
- Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum, 2018-2019
- Des Moines Business Record Forty Under 40, Class of 2017
- Litigation Counsel of America, Associate Fellow
- Litigation Counsel of America, Peter Perlman Service Award
