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New York T: +1 212 848 4260 M: +1 201 406 7491 F: +1 212 848 7179 Add to Outlook William J.F. Roll III Partner Education Cornell University Law School, J.D., 1979, cum laude Boston College, A.B., 1976, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Practice Mr. Roll, a partner in the Litigation Group since 1987, represents clients in a variety of commercial and financial litigation.  His practice includes private antitrust and securities actions, intellectual property litigation, litigations arising from contested corporate acquisitions, real estate litigation, bankruptcy and workout-related litigation, and bank fraud and lender liability actions.  In addition to trial level work in the foregoing areas in many jurisdictions around the country, he has also handled appeals in both state and federal courts in New York, California, and elsewhere.  Mr. Roll has also handled arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, the American Arbitration Association, and the New York Stock Exchange.  He joined the firm in 1980 following a judicial clerkship for the Hon. Thomas C. Platt, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, from 1979 through 1980.  He has been resident in the New York office from 1980 through 1987 and from 1992 through the present.  Mr. Roll was resident in the Los Angeles office from 1988 through 1992.  He served as the firm's Hiring Partner from 1994 through 1996. Recent Experience Tomen America, Inc. and affiliates in an action in state court in Naples, Florida, involving various claims by and against a local developer relating to several real estate joint ventures Oneida Ltd. and affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court in New York Tata Motors Ltd. in connection with the negotiation of its agreement to supply certain parts to Boeing for inclusion in the 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as agent for the bank lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of Genuity, Inc. and affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court in New York Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as agent for the bank lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of Warnaco Inc. and affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court in New York Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and Salomon Smith Barney in their capacities as agents for the bank lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of Exide Technologies, Inc. and affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware Oneida Ltd. in an action in federal court in Toledo alleging "trade dress" infringement in connection with seven lines of glassware sold to the foodservice market nationwide American Airlines, Inc. in a nationwide class action in New York alleging breach of contract in connection with lifetime memberships in the "Admiral's Club" Citicorp North America, Inc. and four other major financial institutions in the Chapter 11 cases of Knudsen Corporation and its affiliates and 23 related civil actions, all in Los Angeles, alleging a variety of lender liability claims, fraudulent conveyance, and equitable subordination The Dow Chemical Company, the largest producer of chlorine and caustic soda in the world, in an alleged price fixing conspiracy in the United States.  The matter involved the consolidation in Philadelphia of several plaintiffs' cases, all claiming to represent all purchasers of chlorine and caustic soda over a 16-year period The Dow Chemical Company in an indirect purchaser class action in St. Paul, Minnesota that alleged price fixing in chlorine and caustic soda among producers BASF Corp. in consolidated nationwide class actions in New Orleans alleging defects in the painting process employed on various Ford Motor Company vehicles Citibank, N.A. in the Chapter 11 cases in Los Angeles of First Capital Holdings Corp. and two subsidiaries, in which the bank served as agent for a five-bank syndicate holding secured claims in excess of $260 million, and that involved separate state conservation proceedings relating to non-debtor insurance company subsidiaries Citicorp Real Estate, Inc. as secured creditor in the Chapter 11 cases of limited partnerships that owned the former west coast headquarters of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Incorporated Bay Networks, Inc. in an AAA arbitration in San Francisco and related state and federal court litigation in New York arising from the termination of one of its east coast distributors TrizecHahn Corporation in an action in state court in Chicago over a contingent payment provision in a stock purchase agreement Citibank, N.A. and affiliated parties in an action in Los Angeles for alleged fraud in connection with the lease of a commercial aircraft to a Scottish trans-Atlantic airline Fosterlane Management Corp. and certain of its affiliates in parallel state and federal actions in Florida and Kentucky, respectively, involving the joint venture agreement and related documents governing a bulk distribution warehouse complex in Orlando, Florida PolyGram Holdings, Inc. and its pension committee in an action in New York involving claims under ERISA over trading in certain of the company's retirement plan funds PLM International, Inc. and several subsidiaries and officers and directors in an action by the company's former chairman alleging, among other things, violations of California's Unfair Practices Act Swiss Aluminium Ltd. in an ICSID arbitration against the Government of Iceland over various issues, including taxation of the company's Iceland subsidiary, intracompany transfer pricing, power supply contract issues, and others Selected Professional & Business Activities American Bar Association Co-Chair, Creditors' Rights Subcommittee, Banking Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation, 1992-1993 Federal Bar Council New York State Bar Association Los Angeles County Bar Association Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, Southern District of New York, 1994-Present Member, Joint Committee on Local Rules, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1996-Present Practising Law Institute, Program on Direct and Cross Examination, Faculty Member, New York, 1990-1994; San Francisco, 1990 Publications Author, "Corporate Mergers Provoke Challenges," New York Law Journal, March 21, 1988 Bar Admissions/Qualifications New York California Courts United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit United States District Court for the Southern District of New York United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York United States District Court for the Northern District of New York United States District Court for the Northern District of California United States District Court for the Central District of California United States District Court for the Southern District of California

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