Name: William Wegner
Resident of: Los Angeles
Native of: San Francisco
Profession: Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Downtown Los Angeles (213) 229-7000
Legal specialty: Litigation
Military Service: Captain, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps
Education: B.A. in philosophy, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Calif. (1973); J.D., University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Wash. (1979)

Career highlight: Successfully defending the James Dean family against a $90 million claim that Warner Bros. brought in Federal Court over the rights to James Dean's publicity rights. William Wegner is a seasoned trial lawyer, renowned for his creative litigation strategy and in-depth knowledge of evidence and attorney client privilege. He has extensive litigation experience in the areas of Manufacturer & Distributor Product Recall, Lanham Act and False Advertising, Copyright Infringement, Publicity Rights, Entertainment and Environmental Torts. Some of his other accomplishments include serving as President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers in 1994-95, and authoring the three-volume work California Practice Guide - Civil Trials and Evidence.

Did you know?

• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
http://www.litcounsel.com/

• William Wegner has been honored as one of California's most accomplished rainmakers by “California Law Business” in 1999 and 2000.

• Mr. Wegner has also been recognized by “Daily Journal Extra” for generating $5 million in business in 2002.

• He earned an AV© rating in 1998, the highest accolade in Martindale-Hubbell. An AV© rating is given to only the most highly respected and ethical members of the Bar. It signifies that Mr. Wegner’s legal expertise and reputation are of the very highest standards and that his professional ethics are unquestioned.

• Mr. Wegner is co-author of the multi-volume California Practice Guide - Civil Trials and Evidence, and the multi-volume Federal Practice Guide - Civil Trials and Evidence, published by The Rutter Group. Other publications include: Relationships Among Competitors in Restraint of Trade - Horizontal Price Fixing (Practicing Law Institute) and "Challenging the Judge: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Judger" (ABA Litigation Magazine).

• Mr. Wegner serves as general counsel to Tricor Entertainment at Paramount Studios.

• He has appeared on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

• Mr. Wegner has been identified as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal.