William T. Luzader, III
Practice Areas and Experience
William T. Luzader III’s practice consists of representing clients in all facets of commercial litigation.
His experience ranges from advising clients on routine breach of contract matters to complex
commercial disputes involving fraud, theft of trade secrets, insurance recovery and other business torts.
Mr. Luzader has worked with a wide variety of local and international businesses. Throughout
his career he has provided legal services to both public and private companies in a variety of complex
civil and class action lawsuits, including a number of Fortune 500 companies and leaders
in the financial, medical, moving and storage, metal, natural resources and aerospace industries.
Representative Cases and Clients
- Defended one of the nation’s largest financial and mortgage-lending institutions against federal class action claims involving civil RICO, mail fraud, wire fraud and various state law causes of action.
- Obtained dismissal in favor of a leading international mining and natural resources company in asbestos related litigation involving over 20 defendants with multi-million dollar exposure.
- Defended one of the nation’s largest health insurers in a high-profile class action seeking to hold the defendant liable under novel theories of negligence and state law violations.
- Successfully procured emergency injunctive relief freezing the opposing parties’ assets in favor of a national automotive floor-plan financing company.
Professional Experience
Kercsmar & Feltus PLLC, September 2009 to Present
Bryan Cave LLP, September 2007 to August 2009
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Daniel A. Barker, Arizona Court of Appeals, 2005
Education
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007)
Order of the Coif
Arizona State Law Journal, Assistant Managing Editor/Staff Writer
National Moot Court Team, High Pro Bono Distinction
Arizona State University (B.A., English Literature, magna cum laude, 2004)
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of Arizona
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Community Involvement
Mr. Luzader is involved with the Volunteer Lawyers Program and is active in his local church.
Personal
Mr. Luzader is happily married with three children. He enjoys running and is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and all ASU sports.
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