Attorney Profile
 
Bill has been practicing law since 1982, primarily in the fields of complex criminal and civil litigation, criminal defense, both federal trials  and state and personal injury.  Since the mid 1980s, Bill expanded his practice to include appellate law and as a result, he has numerous published opinions in both federal and states cases.  These appeals originated out of both the state and federal court systems. 
 
Bill has published opinions in federal courts in both the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit located in Denver, Colorado and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals located in New Orleans, Louisiana.  In the past year, Bill had an opinion published by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Floyd v. United States, which was reversed and remanded for resentencing.  Bill also has practiced before The United States Supreme Court.
 
Bill is admitted to practice law before The Supreme Court of the United States of America. The U.S. Supreme Court is a court few attorneys are admitted to practice in because an attorney is required to have a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in order to be admitted to practice in that court.  Bill is also admitted to practice law before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, The Supreme Court of Oklahoma, The Supreme Court of Texas, The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals and all other courts in Oklahoma and Texas.  He has orally argued appeals to federal judicial panels in Denver, Colorado and to federal judicial panels in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as state appeals to The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.  His experience includes lead counsel in numerous federal jury trials and state jury trials as well as various courts of appeal. He is a member of The Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Panel for the Western District of Oklahoma and The Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Western District of Oklahoma. 
 
Bill graduated from The University of Oklahoma school of law in 1982 and was admitted to the Oklahoma State Bar Association in 1982.  His first job with a law firm was working for a large law firm in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Bill also gained valuable experience working  for a law firm in Fort Worth, Texas.  Several years later, Bill left the law firm in Oklahoma City to open his own firm in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Bill has had his own law firm since 1985 and has represented clients in courts in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Louisiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas,Hawaii, New York, California, Nevada and the District of Columbia. 
 
Bill works tirelessly for those who need help. He is a former boxer who fought in the early and mid 1970s prior to going to law school.  He also produced multiple concerts nationwide with many world-class entertainers, including Frank Sinatra, the famed superstar of the twentieth century.
 
Bill has received the coveted honor of being joined with many distinguished Americans and world-famous individuals by being recognized and named, since the year 2000 and every year thereafter, in the highly esteemed Marquis Who’s Who in the World, as well as Marquis Who’s Who in American Law and Marquis Who’s Who in America.