Background
Perkins, William P. was born on December 16, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Perkins, William P. was born on December 16, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Marietta College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Western New England College School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1980).
Worked at Winston & Strawn (New York, NY) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Asset Securitization, Corporate and Securities, Financial Transactions, Litigation, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Workouts and Financial Restructuring, Commercial Lending, Real Estate, Tax, Energy, Employment and Labor Relations, Employee Benefits, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Financial Institutions Regulatory, Health Law, Government Contracts, Immigration, International Trade, Lease Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Federal Governmental Relations and Regulatory Affairs, Transportation, Telecommunications and Media, Maritime Law, Trusts and Estates and White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Connecticut and United States. District Court, District of Connecticut.
1981, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1988, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Not admitted NY). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Administrative Law, Labor Law and Torts.
Co-Author: "Guide to Employee Recruitment & Hiring," Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1996. Author: "Everything You Wanted to Know About Wage and Hour Investigations," HR Advisor, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, March/April 1997. "A Plant Closing Primer," 14 No.
2, Course Materials Journal, American Law Institute/American Bar Association, October 1989. General Attorney, National Broadcasting Company, Inc. and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (Resident)
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