William G. Somerville, shareholder in the Birmingham office, concentrates his practice in litigation, employment law, and gaming law. In addition to defending employers in matters ranging from class action discrimination cases to wage and hour investigations, Mr. Somerville has successfully handled a wide variety of complex and commercial cases on behalf of corporate litigants. His successful representations include prosecuting insurance coverage cases, breach of contract claims, and computer software disputes on behalf of major financial institutions; prosecuting and defending trade secret and intentional interference claims involving corporate plaintiffs and defendants; defending health care institutions in litigation brought by physicians; and defending manufacturers in products liability litigation.
Most recently, Mr. Somerville has successfully represented manufacturers of gaming devices in federal and state court in Alabama, and has provided advice and counsel to developers of gaming projects in Alabama.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Labor and Employment Law (2010 – 2012) and Commercial Litigation (2011 – 2012)
- Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor (2012)
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Seybourn H. Lynne, United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (1986 – 1987)
- Member – Birmingham Bar Association
- Member – Alabama State Bar Association (Labor Law Section)
- Member – American Bar Association (Committee on Employee Rights and Responsibilities of Labor and Employment Law Section, 1993 – present)
- Member – International Association of Gaming Advisors
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2008 as a leading labor & employment lawyer in Alabama
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- University of Alabama Law School, J.D., 1986
- Editor in Chief – Alabama Law Review (1985 – 1986)
- Hugo L. Black Scholar
- M. Leigh Harrison Scholar
- Harvard University, B.A., 1983