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William V. Essig is a partner in the Products Liability Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Electronic Discovery and Data Management task force. His practice focuses on drug and medical device products liability litigation including mass torts, toxic tort litigation, e-discovery and data management, health care fraud and other white-collar criminal defense, and commercial litigation.
Bill’s drug and medical device litigation experience includes representing major pharmaceutical and medical device companies in strict liability, negligence and wrongful death cases involving prescription and over-the-counter medications and medical devices in federal and state courts. Bill has served on national coordinating counsel teams in various roles, including trial, brief writing, witness preparation and coordinating electronic document review and production.
Bill has also represented major pharmaceutical companies in consumer fraud class action cases involving allegations related to advertising claims and product efficacy. He has represented product manufacturers in benzene and other toxic tort litigation. His healthcare and white-collar crime background includes representing various current and former pharmaceutical marketing professionals in criminal trials and grand jury investigations, as well as representing corporate financial officers in SEC investigations and civil and administrative enforcement proceedings.
In General. Bill received his B.A. from Yale University in 1992 and his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1996, where he was the Coordinating Note and Comment Editor of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and its Trial Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Bill clerked for the Honorable John F. Grady of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in 1996-1997.
William has served as an adjunct professor, co-teaching the Complex Litigation seminar with partner John Dames, at Northwestern University School of Law since 1998. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute, and has written articles for both group’s publications. Prior to law school, Bill was a financial reporter and editor for the AP-Dow Jones International News Service in New York City, and was the editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News. | 