William E. Reynolds

/My focus

My practice has focused for over twenty-five years on high-stakes, complex civil litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts, and arbitration proceedings. I provide my clients dedicated, tenacious, and strategically effective advocacy. I have successfully represented numerous business entities, both publicly traded and privately held, in complex commercial disputes involving antitrust, contract, business tort, intellectual property, healthcare, life sciences, regulatory, bankruptcy, and appellate issues.

/Representative experience

• Successfully led defense of attempted monopolization antitrust claims asserted against major waste management companies (Twin Bridges Waste and Recycling, LLC v. County Waste and Recycling Service, Inc., USDC NDNY)
• Successfully prosecuted and defended multiple business tort claims on behalf of major waste management companies (County Waste and Recycling Service, Inc. v. Twin Bridges Waste and Recycling, LLC, NY Supreme Court, Albany County).
• Represented New York state’s largest landfill before the state’s highest court in November 2025 (Seneca Meadows, Inc. v. Town of Seneca Falls)
• Obtained AAA commercial arbitration awards of over $2.1 million and $1.6 million in 2025 and 2022, respectively
• Obtained a $74.9 million federal court judgment in a complex commercial business dispute (see 991 F. Supp.2d 299)
• Won five appeals in US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in complex commercial business dispute, successfully defending asset-freezing preliminary injunction, civil contempt sanctions, and large money judgment(see 711 F.3d 248, 780 F.3d 420, 780 F.3d 429, 823 F.3d 1, 880 F.3d 596)
• Successfully opposed two petitions for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court (see 577 US 1007 (2015) and 580 US 1050 (2017))
• Successfully prosecuted complex civil RICO claims against business entities in federal court (see 2019 WL 10787926)
• Obtained dismissal of federal ADA and RA claims against adult care center (see 2021 WL 1906501)
• Won appeal in New York Appellate Division, First Department, obtaining dismissal of complaint asserting various business torts against business entity client (see 162 AD2d 509)
• Obtained $23.1 million judgment on breach of contract claims in US District Court, NDNY
• Obtained favorable settlement on complex breach of contract claims in Supreme Court, Albany County, Commercial Division on behalf of publicly traded, international client
• Served as co-lead counsel in an eight-week trial of constitutional challenge to state education aid to eight urban New York school districts (appellate decision after trial reported at 196 AD3d 104)
• Obtained civil contempt sanctions against multinational defendants, including fines of $70 million per year and an arrest warrant for a defendant CEO
• Obtained a worldwide asset-freezing preliminary injunction against multinational defendants
• Won trial on ERISA issues in USDC, NDNY on behalf of Fortune 100 company
• Successfully represented a major hospital in antitrust class action brought by nurses alleging conspiracy to suppress wages

/Looking ahead

Commercial litigation will continue to become even more complex with the growth of electronic discovery, elaborate motion practice, extensive expert evidence and disputes that cross multiple jurisdictions. Clients in the future will have a great need for litigators who can synthesize large amounts of evidence and information to pick the best and most effective arguments. These skills will enable clients to obtain successful, cost-effective results.