Bill focuses on securities and corporate law with an emphasis on venture capital and private equity financing, public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. In this capacity, he has represented numerous businesses, from start-ups to public companies.
He has also represented a number of venture capital funds and is a member of the Board of Directors of Commonwealth Seed Capital, LLC. He served on the KBA Committee which drafted the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act and registered limited liability partnership legislation. Bill has written and spoken on numerous continuing legal education topics and was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Louisville Law School (Corporate Finance and Venture Capital) and received the Gordon Davidson Teaching Award from the University of Louisville. Bill is the Chairman of the Frost Brown Todd emerging businesses and venture capital group. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Americaยฎ from 2008-2019 andย is ranked in Chambers USAยฎ, Americaโs Leading Lawyers for Business for the same years.
Bill served as a law clerk for the Hon. Robert F. Chapman, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, summa cum laude, and Yale Law School.
Serve on KBA Committee which drafted the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act and registered limited liability partnership legislation
Author and speaker:ย numerous continuing legal education topics
University of Louisville Law School โ Adjunct Professor of Law (Corporate Finance)
Represented management in multiple private equity recapitalization transactions
Completed over 50 mergers and acquisitions transactions
Formed over 10 private equity and venture capital funds
Completed over 100 seed and venture capital financing transactions
Served as counsel on multiple underwritten public offerings
Served as legal counsel on $2 billion health care combination
Yale Law School, J.D., 1983
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1980,ย summa cum laude
Law Clerk to theย Hon. Robert F. Chapman, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The Best Lawyers in Americaยฎย 2005-2022; Louisville Corporate Governance Law โLawyer of the Year,โ 2014, 2019, 2022; Louisville Securities/Capital Markets Law โLawyer of the Year,โ 2015
Selected for inclusion inย Kentucky Super Lawyersยฎย 2007-2016, 2020
Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A,ย 2008-2021
AVยฎ Rated,ย Martindale-Hubbellยฎ
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
Venture Connectors, Member, Corporate Secretary
University of Louisville School of Business Entrepreneurship Council, Member
Kentucky Chapter of Association for Corporateย Growth, General Counsel
Greater Louisville Inc. EnterpriseCorp Council, Member
Commonwealth Seed Capital Fund, Member, Board of Directors
Louisville Metro Police Foundation, General Counsel
Louisville Science Center, Board of Directors (Former)
Community Foundation of Louisville, Member, Board of Directors
Enterprise Angels, Executive Committee
Senior Warden, St. Francis in the Fields, Episcopal Church (Former)
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