Rivkin Radler

Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage

A partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Commercial Litigation Practice Groups, Bill litigates before trial and appellate courts throughout the United States.

He has represented insurers in the September 11 World Trade Center Liability Coverage Litigation, the BPA-Plastic Products Coverage Litigation, and Shell Oil Company v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company. He has served as counsel for insurers in the defense of class actions involving underwriting and claim procedures and numerous insurance coverage claims and suits ranging from intellectual property liabilities and business torts to national environmental, antitrust, and reinsurance claims.

An active speaker across the United States, Bill has presented workshops on reinsurance, fracking liabilities, medical monitoring “no injury” suits, privacy, terrorism-related liabilities, and the relationship between primary and excess insurers.

Bill served as Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Judiciary Committee and Chair of the State of New York Tenth Judicial District’s Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission. He has been listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Long Islanders by the Long Island Business News, and among the Top 50 Most Influential Long Islanders by the Long Island Press.

New York State’s Chief Judge named Bill to the Advisory Committee tasked with making recommendations with respect to the implementation of a pro bono service requirement for attorneys seeking admission to the New York Bar and the Commercial Division Advisory Council regarding the review of the rules of the New York State Supreme Court’s Commercial Division. The Board of Directors of the New York Bar Foundation elected Bill a Fellow of the Foundation on November 1, 2014.

Bill also serves on the distinguished panel of neutrals at National Arbitration Mediation.

Bill is a recipient of the Fordham University School of Law Long Island Distinguished Alumni Award, the Firefighters Leadership Award by the Nassau County Firefighters Museum, the Nassau County Bar Association’s We Care Fund Honor and the Long Island YMCA Honor.

Bill is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, where he is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and past president. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Bill received his juris doctor from Fordham University School of Law and a B.S. in Economics from Villanova University.