Bill is a partner in the admiralty group in the New Orleans office. He practices in the areas of collision, maritime personal injury, terminal damage, pollution, fire, salvage, maritime lien matters, oilfield indemnity and insurance coverage disputes, and appellate practice. He represents maritime employers, vessel owners, energy interests and their underwriters in personal injury defense litigation, including Jones Act and Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act claims, and represents vessel owners, operators, dock and terminal owners, and their underwriters in connection with collisions, allisions, wavewash/surge damage, groundings and salvage matters. Bill also represents general liability and marine underwriters with respect to coverage issues involving a broad range of marine, general liability and excess forms of coverage. 

Bill has attended numerous legal continuing education seminars focusing on civil litigation and the trial process, with a concentration primarily on admiralty matters. Included in this continuing training was a seminar presented at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point focusing on collision and fire at sea.

• Georgetown University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1990; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif; The International Journal of Georgetown University Law Center - Law and Policy in International Business, 1988-1990
• Nicholls State University, B.S., summa cum laude, in Finance, 1987; Phi Kappa Phi

• Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty; Member, Committees on Maritime Legislation, 1996-present, and Maritime Personnel, 2000-present); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Who's Who Among Lawyers, 1996
• Admitted to Practice: United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, and all Louisiana state courts

• Made presentations at legal seminars on various topics, including maritime law and the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act.

• Representation of clients' interests in litigation at the trial and appellate levels in cases involving an array of issues, including collision and wavewash casualties, serious personal injury and death claims, contract and insurance and indemnity disputes.