William Dance

Counsel

William Dance is a counsel in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Class Action, Mass Torts, and Insurance Litigation Practice as well as the Electronic Discovery and Document Retention Practice.

Bill’s practice consists of class action defense, complex commercial litigation, and antitrust. He has also worked on significant pro bono matters and coordinates the efforts of attorneys in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office who undertake pro bono representation of foster parents wishing to adopt their foster children. Bill was recognized internally as pro bono attorney of the year in the Los Angeles office in 2007.

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Represents a microprocessor manufacturer in a worldwide monopolization lawsuit and related regulatory investigations
• Represents a retail food chain in various regulatory actions
• Represents a telecommunications company in the ongoing defense of multiple class actions in state and federal courts alleging claims of trespass arising from installation of fiber-optic cable on railroad rights of way
• Represented a southern California city in the jury trial of a DUI case to guilty verdict
• Represented a major financial services company in its prosecution of a suit to recover US$800 million in lost profits as a result of being defrauded in a major corporate transaction
• Represented a retail food chain in an insurance coverage dispute and an action alleging unfair business practices and tortious interference
  

Professional Activities

Publications, "Preserving Electronic Information: A Practical Approach," BNA Books (forthcoming 2009) (co-author with Jeffrey Fowler); "Made in China Safety: Tips for Preventing and Managing Controversies," In-House Defense Quarterly (Spring 2008) (co-author with Brian Anderson); “Ninth Circuit Opinion Evaluates Privacy Protection for Text Messages,” O'Melveny Client Alert (July 2008) (co-author with Jeffrey Fowler); “National Conference on Uniform Laws Approves Electronic Discovery Rules,” O'Melveny Client Alert (September 2007) (co-author with Amy Longo); “Two Courts Require Production of Electronically Stored Information in Native Format,” O'Melveny Client Alert (May 2007) (co-author with Amy Longo)