With a knack for understanding clients’ world, Will defends manufacturers in mass tort and product liability cases.
Will represents clients in state and federal court and has experience with litigation that ranges from construction defect to trade secret misappropriation to environmental exposure to premises liability matters. However, he currently focuses most of his practice on toxic tort and asbestos litigation. He is particularly well-versed in the automotive and automotive manufacturing industries: early in his legal career, Will cut his teeth on transportation cases where he represented common carriers and received an in-depth education in heavy truck manufacturing.
With a father who worked in auto repair, motor vehicles were a world Will was already extensively familiar with, and he has had a lifelong interest in working on and restoring his own automobiles. His personal interest means that Will understands the work clients do and the products they make, and he can readily speak the language of both clients and plaintiffs.
Will has experience overseeing statewide case administration for major clients and serving as national coordinating counsel, leading teams of attorneys and managing a busy docket of thousands of cases from inception to trial or settlement. As an Illinois-based attorney, he is well used to defending companies in particularly difficult jurisdictions, including Cook, Madison and St. Clair Counties.
After more than a decade in the toxic tort field, Will has built relationships with many plaintiff firms: he’s often known opposing counsel for years, and he knows how to get to a favorable resolution. He understands the depth of risk involved in litigation for companies, and his aim is to resolve litigation so that clients can continue their operations and focus on business needs, not legal matters.