OVERVIEW

Trial lawyer William A. Meyers has a proven track record of securing favorable verdicts, judgments, and dispute resolutions for clients facing claims of professional malpractice, breach of contract, and high-stakes business fraud, among others.

A trusted litigator and advocate both inside and outside the courtroom, Billy has become counsel of choice for law firms defending against allegations of legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. He has earned a reputation as lawyer’s lawyer for his strategic defense tactics. Billy represents a range of business clients, including individual shareholders, officers, and directors, privately held medium- and large-sized companies, and some of the nation’s most well-respected law firms.

The issues, disputes, and lawsuits that he resolves are complex, entangled, and often existential to his clients:

• Partnership Disputes and Business Divorces
• Trade Secret Misappropriation
• Breach of Contract
• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Legal Malpractice

Billy offers extensive trial, arbitration, and appellate experience. His clients are active in a range of industries and fields, from transportation and logistics to legal services to staffing and recruiting. Billy’s practice emphasis on complex commercial torts and financially intricate matters is the natural evolution of a background in business.

While a law student at the University of Southern California, Billy earned a combined JD/MBA degree under an expanded graduate curriculum with USC’s Marshall School of Business. He received his undergraduate degree from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Prior to his graduate studies, Billy worked as a New York-based financial analyst—first with the investment bank Bear Stearns, and then at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Billy is a career Hill Farrer attorney, beginning with a summer clerkship in 2008. He also manages the firm’s accounting and finance operations, and assists with a variety of risk management matters.