William A. Rome
Partner
William Rome is a Partner with Leech Tishman Robinson Brog and Co-Chair of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He is also a member of the Entertainment Industry Group. William is based in the firm’s New York office, where he focuses his practice on commercial and complex litigation.
William has litigated commercial disputes involving employment contracts, notes, bonds, guarantees, licenses, letters of credit, insurance contracts, indemnification agreements, shareholder and partnership agreements and professional liability. He has substantial experience in defending and prosecuting claims in arbitration for the AAA, NYSE and NASD (now FINRA) and has tried cases on behalf of both claimants and respondents in the securities area. William also serves as a FINRA arbitrator. He represents individuals and media entities in the area of publication torts and related intellectual property claims, and has argued numerous times in the appellate courts.
Some of William’s representative matters include:
- Defended a CEO of a public company in an SEC enforcement action and related foreign investigation
- Generated a seven-figure settlement for a consultant arising out of a public works project
- Litigated a four-year family partnership dispute involving ownership of a liability insurer
- Obtained a substantial settlement for a real estate firm defrauded by a payroll company
- Litigated court/arbitration proceedings to obtain benchmark payments on the development of a new drug under a licensing agreement
- Participated in internal investigations for a condominium board and financial entities leading to the indictment of wrongdoers
