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William R. Hotz is special counsel at Godfrey & Kahn and a member of the firm's Financial Institutions Practice Group. He has over 35 years of legal experience, including posts as a financial institutions regulator, law firm shareholder, and general counsel for a publicly-traded bank holding company. Bill previously served as general counsel for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and for the Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Savings and Loan. He later practiced for more than 10 years as a shareholder in the Real Estate and Financial Institutions section of a Milwaukee law firm. Most recently, he spent more than six years as corporate secretary, general counsel, and a member of the senior management team of St. Francis Bank and its publicly-traded corporate parent, the $2.5 billion St. Francis Capital Corporation. Bill is a member of the Wisconsin and Illinois State Bar Associations. A frequent speaker, he has appeared on programs conducted by a variety of organizations, including the National institute for Supervisory Education, the University of Wisconsin Extension, the Wisconsin Savings and Loan Academy, and the Wisconsin Bankers Association. Bill received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and his undergraduate degree in economics and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He also participated in the Program for the Instruction of Lawyers at Harvard Law School. Bill is a past president of the Exchange Club of Milwaukee and of the Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula Exchange Clubs. He is a founding member of the Trailbreaker Marathon Race Committee and a director of the Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of Southeast Wisconsin, Inc. In addition, Bill served for more than 20 years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Wisconsin Army National Guard.
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
Publications
"Wisconsin Supreme Count Considers New Rules to Define 'Practice of Law'"
Wisconsin Community Banking News
February 07, 2008
Admitted to Practice
Illinois
Wisconsin - 1970
Professional Association Memberships
American Bar Association
Milwaukee Bar Association
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Activities
American Bar Association - Business Law Section, Banking Law Committee
Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of Southeast Wisconsin, Inc. - Secretary, Director
Exchange Club of Milwaukee - Past president
Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula Exchange Clubs - Past president
Trailbreaker Marathon Race Committee - Founding member
SBF Foundation, Inc., Director and Vice President
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin Law School
Bachelor's Degree, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, economics and political science.
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