Primary Office

2 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 3400

Miami, Florida
33131-1897

P: (305) 376-6092

F: (305) 376-6010

whill@gunster.com

William Hill is a shareholder who joined the firm in 2012. Hill is Board Certified in Business Litigation and focuses his practice on complex litigation and arbitration. He brings experience in a variety of industries such as financial services, manufacturing, aviation, technology, retail and real estate.

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Practice Areas[ - ]

• Business Litigation
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Distressed Property
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Class Actions
• Commercial Foreclosures & Receiverships
• International Business Litigation & Arbitration
• Intellectual Property
• Lender Liability & Banking Disputes
• Employment and Executive Compensation
• Shareholder & Corporate Governance Disputes
• Real Property Disputes
• Securities Fraud

Education[ - ]

• Yale Law School, J.D., 1987
• St. John’s College, B.A., 1984

Reported Cases[ - ]

• Consejo De Defensa Del Estado De La Republica De Chile v. Espirito Santo Bank, 2010 WL 2712093 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
• Consejo De Defensa Del Estado De La Republica De Chile v. Espirito Santo Bank, 2010 WL 2162868 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
• Food Marketing Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Color All About It v. Sesame Workshop, 2010 WL 1571206 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
• Parrot, Inc. v. Nicestuff Distributing International, Inc., 2010 WL 680948 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
• Paul Marcus and Deane Marcus v. M.S.L. Property Management, Inc., 2007 WL 8168667 (Fla. Cir. Ct.)
• Parrot, Inc. v. Nicestuff Distributing International, Inc., 2009 WL 197979 (S.D. Fla. 2009)
• Lennar Homes, L.L.C. v. V Ventures, LLC, 988 So. 2d 660 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
• O’Neil v. Simplicity, Inc., 553 F. Supp. 2d 1110 (D.Minn. 2008)
• Siegel v. Marcus, 980 So. 2d 1272 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
• Jeffrey O., et al. v. City of Boca Raton, 511 F. Supp. 2d 1339 (S.D. Fla. 2007)
• Jeffrey O., et al. v. City of Boca Raton, 511 F. Supp 2d 1328 (S.D. Fla. 2007)
• United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Diagnostics of South Florida, Inc., 921 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)
• Roland L. Rousselle and Patricia A. Rousselle, Debtors, Franklin Life Insurance Co. v. Rousselle, 259 B.R. 409 (M.D. Fla. 2001)
• Don King Productions v. Chavez, 768 So. 2d 538 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
• Kaplan v. Assetcare, Inc., 88 F. Supp. 2d 1355 (S.D. Fla. 2000)
• United States ex rel. Becker v. U.S. Diagnostic, 1999 WL 963032 (C.D. Cal. 1999)
• Charter National Life Insurance Company v. FPL Group Capital Inc., 1997 WL 151033 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
• Performance Paint Yacht Refinishing v. Haines, 190 F.R.D. 699 (S.D. Fla. 1999)
• Air Canada v. Department of Transportation, 148 F. 3d 1142 (D.C. Cir. 1998)
• Don King Productions v. Chavez, 717 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
• Bob Young, Inc. v. Southeast Bank, 583 So. 2d 1083 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)

Honors[ - ]

• Chambers USA, Litigation, 2006-present
• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2010-present
• South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyers, 2011-present
• Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Stars, 2009-present
• Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, Business Litigation, 2008-present
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-present
• Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2004-present
• Daily Business Review
• Most Effective Lawyers, Class Action, Finalist, 2009
• Most Effective Lawyers, Construction/Real Estate, Finalist, 2007
• Most Effective Lawyers, Zoning, Finalist, 2007
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell

Seminars & Presentations[ - ]

• “Effective Trial Questioning,” Miami, Florida, Lecturer, April 2009
• “Damages in Commercial Law,” Miami, Florida, Lecturer, April 2009
• “Florida Foreclosure Litigation,” Miami, Florida, Lecturer, July 2008
• “A Practical Guide to Lender Liability,” Miami Beach, Florida, Panel Speaker, August 2006
• “Drafting & Enforcing Restrictive Covenants: Florida and Beyond,” Miami, Florida, Lecturer, November 2007
• “The Pros and Cons of Arbitration,” Miami, Florida, Lecturer, July 2006
• “Non-Competes and Trade Secrets: Protecting Your Most Valuable Resource,” Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida, Lecturer, January 2004
• “Daubert Motions,” Miami, Florida, Lecturer, January 2003

Publications[ - ]

• “Inadvertent Disclosures in Email,” Daily Business Review, Co-author, 2009
• “Learning to Make the Right Decisions,” Intellectual Property Client Strategies, Aspatore Books, 2007

Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]

• American Bar Association
• The Florida Bar
• Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee and Business Law Section
• Dade County Bar Association
• Professionalism Committee and Federal Rules Committee

Bar Admissions[ - ]

• The Florida Bar, 1988

Court Admissions[ - ]

• United States District Court
• Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals
• Sixth Circuit
• Eleventh Circuit
• D.C. Circuit

Civic & Community Service[ - ]

• Miami International Arbitration Society, Founding Member
• Florida Grand Opera, Vice President, Board of Directors, Finance Committee and Chairman of Search Committee

Representative Matters[ - ]

• Lead counsel for the Republic of Chile in RICO actions against U.S. banks based on former President Pinochet’s theft of government money.
• Lead counsel for national real estate investment firm Rockwood Capital in obtaining $14 million arbitration award from JAMS in New York.
• Lead counsel defending $110 million foreclosure action involving a major Florida mall.
• Represents Chinese company in securities class actions related to “going private” transaction.
• Represents Florida bank in litigation in New York federal court involving sale and servicing of a mortgage loan portfolio.
• Represents executives and companies in non-compete and executive compensation matters.
• Lead counsel for national bank in $6 million claims in litigation and arbitration arising out of the failure of a major Dominican bank.
• Represented shareholders of major Dominican companies in transnational litigation against banks and controlling shareholders.
• Represents lenders and special servicers in commercial foreclosures and receiver actions.
• Represented Guatemalan company in suit to enjoin draw on letter of credit based on fraud.
• Represented major national bank in successful defense of a claim of mismanagement of an investment portfolio.  The claim sought damages in excess of $9 million.  We obtained a summary judgment dismissing the case.
• Represented major Mexican company, a subsidiary of Cemex, in successful defense of $28 million arbitration involving non-compete and unfair trade practice claims.
• Represented a crib manufacturer and national retail chain in successful defense of federal consumer class action cases.
• Represents health care providers, professionals and insurers in False Claims Act litigation, including Medicare overpayments.
• Represented national real estate developer in successful defense of $70 million claim in arbitration.
• Represented American Airlines in a $1.6 billion dispute over the redevelopment of Miami International Airport.
• Obtained numerous injunctions for technology companies involving trade secrets, non-compete, non-disclosure, non-solicitation and unfair trade practices claims.
• Represents aviation manufacturers, including a $36 million accident arbitration.
• Represents major national health insurer in federal litigation challenging insurer’s reimbursement of non-participating providers.
• Serves as lead defense counsel in numerous class actions.
• Represented defendants in major securities fraud class action involving financial factoring.