Bill is the author of “Life’s Too Short for A Bad Business Partner.” In his book, Bill guides business partners through corporate divorce, including how-to end the unproductive business relationship and successfully move on.

Since 2012, Bill has been named a Super Lawyer in Atlanta Magazine for his work in Business Litigation. Based on peer reviews, Bill has received a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating for his legal ability and ethical standards and he has also been recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as a “Legal Elite.”

He has been selected by Georgia Trend magazine as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite since 2012. Since 2013, Bill has been named a Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer and selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2015 – present).

• Bill was a guest speaker on a NAVIX webinar, “Corporate Divorce: How to Avoid a Partnership Split, but What to Do If You Must Get One.” (August 27, 2019)
• Bill was a featured speaker on “Decision Vision,” a podcast series. This podcast was based on Piercy’s book, “Life’s Too Short for A Bad Business Partner.” (April 25, 2019)
• Bill presented “Business Torts” at the State Bar of Georgia’s 2019 Business Litigation seminar for continuing learning education. (March 19, 2019)
• Bill was a co-presenter at a BVR webinar, “Business Prenups, Relationship Counseling and Corporate Divorce: Business Lifecycles and their Impact on Valuation.” (September 28, 2017)
• Bill presented “Insulating Owners, Officers and Directors from Personal Liability” to business owners and operators (August 2015)

Publications

• Featured in Daily Report Online, “Over It: Fulton Jury Finds for ATL R&B Label LVRN in Suit Seeking Share of Company, Profits” (November 5, 2021)
• Author, “Life’s Too Short for A Bad Business Partner,” a guide to ending an unproductive business relationship and moving on (2019)
• Business Co-Owner or Company Creditor? (Winter 2015/2016)
• Blurred Lines: When Business Owners and Employees are the Same People
  (July/August 2015)
• I Know What it Says, But What Does it Mean? How Georgia Courts Interpret Disputed Contractual Interpretations (December 2014)
• Georgia Courts Paying More than Lip Service to Oral Agreements  (April 2013)
• Protecting Digital Data (October 2012)
• Creating, Maintaining and Terminating Business Relationships (Winter 2011)
• You Want to See What?!: A Guide to Business Co-Owners’ Rights to Inspect Business Books and Records (Spring 2010)
• Going Paperless: Georgia Adopts The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (October 2009)
• Georgia’s Right To Repair Act – A Guide For Homeowners (September 2009)
• Georgia Adopts The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (June 2009)
• Starting Up: Four Tips on Effective Networking (January 2008)
• Representing Yourself And Your Business In Magistrate Court (August 2007)

• Obtained defense jury verdict and an award of $75,000 in attorneys’ fees for builder client sued by a real estate brokerage that claimed builder had breached exclusive listing agreement.

Motion Practice:

• Recovered $100,000 in earnest money for developer client via summary judgment motion establishing the unenforceability of the underlying contract based on the inadequacy of the property description in that contract.
• Obtained emergency injunctive relief freezing assets of corporate and individual defendants who were misappropriating company assets.
• On behalf of developer that purchased more than 600 acres for large-scale golf course community, obtained summary judgment order confirming that seller’s contractual option to repurchase two acres within the development was limited to the reacquisition of one 2 acre parcel rather than the two 1 acre parcels that seller claimed the right to repurchase.
• Obtained judgment in excess of $200,000 on behalf of LLC-member client whose corporate interest was diluted by other member’s misappropriation of company assets on summary judgment.
• Won summary dismissal of claim against a client sued by a former partner seeking more than $400,000 in damages based on that partner’s novel interpretation of a previous settlement agreement.
• Obtained and collected substantial judgment on behalf of business consultant client who was forced to sue medical information storage provider on the consultant’s outstanding invoices.

Settlements:

• Negotiated $100,000 settlement for adjoining landowner clients sued by neighbors over the existence of and easement rights in a disputed Midtown alley.
• Negotiated $100,000 settlement payment to minority member of LLC from majority members who breached their contractual and fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of the company.
• Negotiated settlement secured by previously unrecorded consent judgment which resulted in entry of judgment on behalf of client for $2,500,000.

Appellate Decisions:

• Confirmed mandatory application of contractual attorney’s fees pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec. 13-1-11. This resulted in an award of attorney’s fees to client of more than $300,000 (15% of the underlying judgment) despite fact that actual fees incurred were significantly less. 2003
• Successfully defended client against claim that he had breached a contractual obligation to sell business to a corporate suitor whose proposal was rejected in favor of a better offer. 2002

• Business Co-Owner or Company Creditor? (Winter 2015/2016)
• Blurred Lines: When Business Owners and Employees are the Same People
  (July/August 2015)
• I Know What it Says, But What Does it Mean? How Georgia Courts Interpret Disputed Contractual Interpretations (December 2014)
• Georgia Courts Paying More than Lip Service to Oral Agreements  (April 2013)
• Protecting Digital Data (October 2012)
• Creating, Maintaining and Terminating Business Relationships (Winter 2011)
• You Want to See What?!: A Guide to Business Co-Owners’ Rights to Inspect Business Books and Records (Spring 2010)
• Going Paperless: Georgia Adopts The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (October 2009)
• Georgia’s Right To Repair Act – A Guide For Homeowners (September 2009)
• Georgia Adopts The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (June 2009)
• Starting Up: Four Tips on Effective Networking (January 2008)
• Representing Yourself And Your Business In Magistrate Court (August 2007)