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William A. Sankbeil is a Member of Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee since 1985. Mr. Sankbeil is also co-chairperson of the firm's Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Sankbeil's practice is primarily in commercial and complex litigation and antitrust and trade regulation. The wide range of litigation in which he has been involved includes the subject areas of contract, securities, intellectual property, patent, consumer fraud, tort and civil and criminal antitrust actions, including grand jury proceedings. He has been involved in the defense of numerous class actions in a wide range of industries and in multi-district proceedings.
Mr. Sankbeil is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and served as the Chair of the Michigan State Committee (2002-2004). He is listed in the Bet the Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Antitrust Law categories in the "Best Lawyers in America" (in all editions since its inception), Chamber USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and in Michigan Super Lawyers. He is also a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, a former President of the Wayne State Law Alumni Association (1985-1987), is currently serving on the Executive Committee, Board of Visitors Wayne State University Law School. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and served as the Chair Person, Antitrust Law Section in 1981-1982 and was a member of the Mediation Rule Committee, appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court in 1994. He is a member of the American Bar Association and served as a Council member of the Antitrust Law Section from 1992-1995, was Vice Chair of the Antitrust Law Section in 1995-1996, Chaired or was Vice Chair of various other committees, and served on numerous other task forces. Mr. Sankbeil is also a member of the Litigation Section. He is listed in An International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and in A Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers. Mr. Sankbeil has been a speaker at numerous seminars and programs concerning various aspects of litigating complex cases.
Sankbeil is a 1971 graduate, cum laude, of Wayne State University Law School. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University in 1968. | 