William Hill, FCIArb, has been described by clients as “a one-stop shop for all things litigious.” A seasoned business advocate and trial lawyer with more than three decades of experience, William represents clients in complex disputes throughout the country. He also serves as an arbitrator in various domestic and international arbitration tribunals. He is on the neutrals panels of the AAA, ICDR and the American Health Lawyers Association, and is frequently retained as a mediator.
William is the first and only lawyer to be Florida Bar Board Certified in both Business Litigation and International Litigation & Arbitration. He represents businesses in a variety of industries such as banking and financial services, behavioural health and health care, technology, real estate, aviation, manufacturing, retail and government.
William represents clients in complex cases, including class actions and international arbitrations. His experience ranges from commercial disputes of all kinds to intellectual property, real estate, securities, product liability and RICO cases. He also advises clients on a national scale in the area of non-compete enforcement and defence.
A Florida native, upon graduation from Yale Law School, he returned to Florida to clerk for highly respected Judge William Hoeveler of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. Since that time he has maintained a Miami-based practice.
William is active in both the Florida Bar and the American Bar Association (ABA). He is presently the co-chair of the ABA International Law Section’s International Litigation Committee, serves on the steering committee of the Section’s International Arbitration Committee, and is co-chair emeritus of the annual ABA International Arbitration Masterclass. He was recently named a member of the ABA Afghan Judges and Lawyers Refugee Resettlement Task Force. He is also a frequent writer and speaker on litigation and arbitration issues.
Frequently involved in public as well as private international law issues, William was chosen by the Republic of Chile to represent it in a series of high-profile RICO money laundering cases against US banks that assisted former President Pinochet in the theft and laundering of government funds.
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