William J. Goines focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, real estate, employment litigation and employment law. He has spent more than 35 years representing clients in jury and non-jury trials in a variety of business disputes, wrongful termination, employment discrimination litigation, class actions, real estate matters, toxic tort litigation, and closely held and family-owned business disputes. Bill is also a recognized private mediator and arbitrator in
Lawyer Profile
William J. Goines
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Recognized Since:2007
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Recognized in:Commercial Litigation
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Law School:University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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Location:1900 University Avenue, Fifth FloorEast Palo Alto, CA 94303
William J. Goines focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, real estate, employment litigation and employment law. He has spent more than 35 years representing clients in jury and non-jury trials in a variety of business disputes, wrongful termination, employment discrimination litigation, class actions, real estate matters, toxic tort litigation, and closely held and family-owned business disputes. Bill is also a recognized private mediator and arbitrator in
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., graduated 1974
- University of California at Berkeley, AB, graduated 1971
Bar Admissions:
- California, The State Bar of California
Affiliations:
- American Bar Association - Member
- Los Altos School District Foundation - Member
- Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Foundation - Member
- Santa Clara County Bar Association - Member
- Santa Clara County Superior Court - Member
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
Awards:
- AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5
- "Silicon Valley's Top Lawyers," San Jose magazine, 2003-2004
- Super Lawyers magazine, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2005-2013
Firm Details
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
http://www.gtlaw.com
Headquarters
MetLife Building
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
(212) 801.9200
37
Office Locations
in 10
Countries
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Attorney Case History
Areas of Concentration
- Complex commercial litigation and arbitration
- Employment litigation
- Class action defense
- Financial institution litigation
- Bad faith litigation
- Real estate litigation
- Toxic tort litigation
Significant Representations
- Strato-Retail, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company v. K.R.'s Express Co., II, et al. District Court,
- Mel Doney v. TRW Inc., an Ohio corporation, and its subsidiary, ESL, Inc., et al.
Part 2
- Robert W. Shutt, et al. v. TRW Inc., et al.
- Vinay Agrawal v. National Semiconductor Corporation.
- Lawrence A. Rennie v. National Semiconductor Corporation. United States District Court, Central District of
Part 3
- Trust of Fenton F. O'Connell and Estate of Gladys C. O'Connell.
- Clinic Services Management Corporation v. National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara County, Action 1-86-CV-619039. Represented National Semiconductor Corporation in a claim for property damage, decline in property value and personal injuries resulting from migration of TCE from one of National Semiconductor Corporation's fabrication facilities.
- Represented National Semiconductor Corporation in a series of premises liability claims emanating from the use of products and materials containing asbestos during construction of National Semiconductor and Fairchild Semiconductor fabrication facilities in the 1960s and 1970s.
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