Bill is a founding member of Kelly, Stacy and Rita whose practice focuses on national and regional representation of business clients in employment and commercial litigation.
In employment litigation, Bill has served as national employment advice counsel to a Fortune 50 global company and has provided advice and consultation on federal and state pre-litigation matters inclusive of wage and hour, medical leave, discrimination and accommodation matters. He has been lead counsel in hearings before federal and state agencies and commissions nationwide. He litigates age, race, religious, national origin and retaliation claims, class actions, and infringement, trade secret and non-competes in federal and state courts around the country.
Bill’s commercial litigation trial experience includes class actions, non-compete and trade secret litigation, breach of contract and indemnity litigation, multi-thousand member environmental and mass tort actions, construction litigation, ad valorem tax assessment litigation and mass-claim complex insurance coverage litigation. He acts as national counsel to an international wholesaler and retailer for non-compete and trade secret cases, as regional counsel to a REIT in connection with its commercial property operations, and as national counsel to a Colorado based franchisor on issues involving vicarious liability.
His technology practice includes drafting and negotiating software licenses, professional service agreements, contracts for development, licensing, and exploitation of technology, and internet-centric access and e-commerce (“click wrap”) agreements and litigating commercial cases surrounding licenses and technology.
William J. Kelly III