William R. "Bill" Moorman, Jr.

A trusted advisor to businesses and individuals, Bill is known for obtaining a deep understanding of how his client’s businesses operate, enabling him to develop creative business and legal solutions to resolve disputes, wade through complex issues and achieve the desired results for his clients. His many years of working on complex restructurings in a wide variety of industries has made him an invaluable asset to his clients in both business and litigation matters.

Bill has a wide variety of experience representing clients in complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and other contractual matters, financial restructurings, reorganizations, corporate finance transactions and litigation. Additionally, he represents debtors, trustees and creditors in complex Chapter 11 reorganizations and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. Bill’s local and national business clients include SaaS companies, manufacturers, financial institutions, real estate owners and developers, hotels, franchisors, environmental service businesses, information technology companies, retailers, restaurants, health care businesses, venture capital firms, hedge funds and purchasers of distressed real estate and other assets.

Bill also has a reputation providing counsel to commercial real estate brokers and other employees in employment-related transitions, including the negotiation of new employment agreements, the negotiation of severance agreements and the analysis of non-solicitation obligations.

Additionally, he specializes in representing Boards of Directors, individual directors, chief executive officers and chief financial officers in a variety of matters, including the analysis of fiduciary duty obligations, their roles in mergers and acquisitions and in connection with financially distressed companies.

Bill’s practice includes providing specialized advice in the complex and developing area of cannabis laws and helps clients with capital raising, banking and finance issues, real estate transactions and other business matters.

Prior to joining Murphy & King in 2020, Bill practiced for over thirty years at Craig and Macauley and Partridge Snow and Hahn. He has received legal accolades from Chambers USA, Top Lawyers, Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Clients interviewed by Chambers USA describe Bill as “a very talented lawyer and a really wonderful guy.”