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William M. Hill

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Boston


Education

  • Northeastern University (JD, 1985)
  • Dartmouth College (BA, History, 1981)

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Will is Co-chair of the firm’s Construction Law Practice Group. He represents clients in trials, arbitrations, and mediations on a variety of matters, including construction law, commercial and corporate litigation, and real estate law.

He represents and counsels individuals, small businesses, financial institutions, nonprofit institutions, and publicly traded companies. With respect to construction counseling and dispute resolution, he represents owners, general contractors, and subcontractors across a variety of private and public sector projects. He is committed to finding efficient and practical solutions for clients in resolving disputes under difficult circumstances.

His practice includes appearances before state and federal courts, the American Arbitration Association, and local boards and commissions.

Will has been a leader in the construction bar for over a decade. For more than 10 years, he has spoken, published, and chaired programs for the American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on the Construction Industry.

He has lectured and published on a variety of topics, including techniques for direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses, electronic discovery, mediation, and construction law. Will has written articles for such publications as the Construction Lawyer, Boston Business Journal, and the San Diego Transcript. In connection with his nonprofit and community work, Will has authored op-ed pieces and editorials in the Boston Globe and Outdoors Magazine specific to the environment and conservation.

Will has been active in his community and in nonprofit organizations. He has served on his town’s conservation commission for six years (two years as chairman), and has been active on various boards in his community.

Representative Matters

  • Representation of a national institutional owner of commercial and multifamily properties in litigation against a contractor, subcontractors, and an architect for defective design and construction of a 450-unit Texas project in state court. Successfully resolved in mediation.
  • Representation of a national syndicate of bondholders and bondholder representatives in successful resolution, workout, and sale of troubled privatized military housing construction projects located in Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, and Massachusetts. Combined project value: $1.3 billion. Representation included navigating mechanics’ lien, performance and payment bond claims, and successful defense of attempted injunction barring sale.
  • Representation of a nonprofit owner of a 2,000-seat historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts, in successful resolution, by mediation, of state court litigation with a general contractor involving a $30-million renovation project.
  • Representation of General Electric for all phase of environmental remediation projects regarding Hudson River and Housatonic River.

Recognitions & Awards

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Construction Litigation (2005 – 2012)
  • Who’s Who in American Law
  • Best Lawyers in America: Construction Law, Litigation - Construction (2012 – 2013)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Member, Boston Bar Association Committee on Construction Law
  • Chair, Boston Bar Association Committee on Construction Law (1998 – 2000)
  • Member, American Bar Association Governing Committee of the Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
  • Member, Construction Industries of Massachusetts
  • Member, Association of General Contractors
  • Past chair of the board (3 years), Appalachian Mountain Club
  • Past board member (9 years), Appalachian Mountain Club
  • Co-chair, Appalachian Mountain Club Board of Advisors