William W. Oxley

Prior to joining Kirkland, Bill was involved in the following matters:

• Lead trial counsel for a large chemical company in jury trials around the country in which plaintiffs alleged exposure to asbestos caused their cancers. Bill defeated claims for hundreds of millions of dollars in those trials.  
• Lead trial counsel in Oklahoma and in multidistrict litigation for a pharmaceutical company that was accused of causing the opioid crisis in the United States.
• Lead trial counsel for a technology company in a multiweek jury trial in the Central District of California in which the plaintiff sought more than $40 million in damages for the alleged breach of a patent licensing agreement. The trial resulted in a win for Bill’s client.
• Lead trial counsel for one of the world’s largest, international shipping companies against breach of contract, fraud and other business tort claims in jury trials in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston, Texas and in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Represented a major university in dozens of lawsuits in which former and current students alleged they were sexually assaulted and harassed by a former student health center physician.
• Successfully defended a hedge fund and biopharmaceutical company as lead trial counsel in a breach of contract action in which plaintiff was seeking an ownership interest in a start-up company.