Bill D. Fountain
Bill Fountain has successfully first-chaired a significant number of jury trials. Bill has a practice that covers a broad range of law with an emphasis on multi-party toxic tort and environmental litigation, products liability, professional negligence, construction and premises liability, dram shop litigation, and general civil litigation.
Bill employs a working relationship with his clients to provide the most thorough and well-rounded defense. Bill has the ability to translate complex legal matters into an easily understandable language which works well when presenting the precise facts in an efficient, knowledgeable, and authoritative defense.
Professional affiliations
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Austin Bar Association
Trials
- Robert Wayne Henderson v. Asbestos Companies, et al.
- Gilbert G. Llanes, Deceased v. Aluminum Company of America, et al.
- Vernon Walker v. Bondex International, Inc., et al.
- Frank Lowery v. Bondex International, Inc., et al.
- John G. Thalman v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, et al.
- Kevin Sandel v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.
Practice areas
Education
J.D., cum laude, Texas Tech University School of Law, 1980
- Law Review
- Order of the Coif
B.A., Business Administration, cum laude, Washington State University, 1977
Bar admissions
- Texas
Courts
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit)
- United States District Court (Southern District of Texas)
- United States District Court (Western District of Texas)
- United States District Court (Northern District of Texas)
- United States District Court (Eastern District of Texas)