William is a member of GSRM Law’s Litigation and Labor and Employment sections. He is a pragmatic problem solver, who ushers businesses and individuals through business, commercial, and real estate litigation. William’s experience includes bench and jury trials and arbitration; state appeals; and multi-party litigation. He has served as counsel of record for corporate, governmental, and insurance clients. His current representations concern breach of contract claims, real property disputes, government zoning and code compliance, and business torts.

Before entering the civil practice of law, William served in the United States Army, first as an officer in a Patriot Missile battery and then as his battalion’s S-2 Security Officer.  Prior to joining GSRM Law, William practiced at a state-wide firm in Nashville, Tennessee and a full-service law firm in Des Moines, Iowa.

Drake University Law School, J.D., 2011

Wake Forest University, B.A., 2004

Tennessee, 2018

Iowa, 2011

United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee

United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa

• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Iowa Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association
• Drake University Law School Board of Counselors
• Phoenix Club of Nashville
• Young Leaders Council
  • Class 71, 2018
• Blackstone Inn of Court
  • Member, 2010-2017
• Iowa Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
  • Board of Directors, 2013-2015
• Des Moines Downtown Chamber of Commerce
  • Board of Directors, 2015-2016
• Family Promise of Greater Des Moines
  • Board of Directors, 2014-2016
  • Board President, 2016
• Des Moines Public Library Foundation
  • Board of Directors, 2013-2014
  • Special Events Chair, 2014
• Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Youth Leadership Initiative
  • Mentor, 2013-2015

Litigation, Labor and Employment

Life Sciences, Municipalities and Government Entities, Real Estate

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management,  and Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Named a Mid-South Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine
• Named a Great Plains Rising Star by Great Plains Super Lawyers magazine
• Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum, 2018-2019
• Des Moines Business Record Forty Under 40, Class of 2017
• Litigation Counsel of America, Associate Fellow
• Litigation Counsel of America, Peter Perlman Service Award