(openPR) - Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce William M. Katz Jr. has been elected Chair of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Section of Antitrust Law’s Insurance Industry Committee and Chair-Elect of the State Bar of Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section for 2007-2008.
The ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s Insurance Industry Committee focuses on antitrust issues of interest to members in the insurance, reinsurance, and insurance brokerage communities and their counsel. Members of the Committee include private practitioners, in-house counsel, government attorneys, academics, and economists. Katz previously served as the Insurance Industry Committee’s Vice-Chair from 2003-2007. He also currently serves as Co-Chair of the Antitrust Subcommittee of the Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee of the ABA’s Litigation Section.
The State Bar of Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section focuses on antitrust and complex business litigation. The Section sponsors seminars on topics of interest to antitrust and business litigators. The Section also produces two publications: Texas Business Litigation Quarterly and Monograph: Antitrust and Related Statutes. Katz has previously served as the Antitrust and Business Litigation Section’s Secretary-Treasurer. He also currently serves as a Council Member and Contributing Editor for Texas Business Litigation Quarterly.
Katz is a Partner in the Trial Practice Group of Thompson & Knight’s Dallas office and focuses his practice on antitrust, securities, corporate governance, class action, and complex business litigation. He represents clients before federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitration panels, and administrative agencies, including the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Katz also has expertise in internal investigations and the representation of audit committees. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar’s Antitrust Section, New York State Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, and Dallas Bar Association’s Business Litigation Section and Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section. He is also a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation and Texas Bar Foundation.
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