DAVID B. H. WILLIAMS

Mr. Williams has extensive experience counseling businesses, litigating business disputes and negotiating business transactions. Mr. Williams' client list includes national banks, national consulting firms, manufacturing businesses and real estate developers.

Mr. Williams has successfully represented public banking institutions in fraud cases across the nation. He has investigated and prosecuted cases involving secured transactions and fraudulent misrepresentations by commercial borrowers. Focusing on a cost-effective approach to litigation, Mr. Williams has consistently achieved successful results for his clients at trial and through negotiated settlements.

Mr. Williams also represents business concerns and entrepreneurs on the full-spectrum of business issues ranging from acquisitions to entity formation. Mr. Williams recently advised two different Australian corporations on how best to structure their North America operations. Additionally, a significant portion of Mr. Williams' practice involves negotiating employment agreements for executives. He recently negotiated an ex-patriot employment agreement on behalf of an executive retained to expand the Asian practice of an international consulting firm.

Mr. Williams represented an inventor of a medical device in a tortious interference with contract claim, obtaining an $8 million verdict against a public pharmaceutical company. Mr. Williams also has substantial experience handling products liability matters, having represented a national water heater manufacturer in flammable vapor and scald cases.

Mr. Williams is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors of the RANCH neighborhood Board of Directors.

Mr. Williams was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1994, and is a graduate of Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1991) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1994). Mr. Williams is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bar Association.