Background
Wynder, William W. was born on October 30, 1948 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
Wynder, William W. was born on October 30, 1948 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
University of Utah (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, 1975). Pepperdine University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1978).
Worked at Rutan & Tucker, LLP (Costa Mesa, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Municipal Law, Real Estate, Corporate, Securities, Employment and Labor Relations (Management and Public Sector), Taxation, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate, Environmental and Land Use Law, Municipal Finance, Water Rights, Education Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1978, California.
1994, United States. Supreme Court, United States. Courts of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits. United States. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California.
1979, United States. Tax Court. Member, 1976-1977 and Editor-in-Chief, 1977-1978, Pepperdine Law Review. Member, Moot Court Board, 1977-1978.
Author: "Beyond Weighing and Sifting: Narrowed Judicial Focus as an Alternative to Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority," 5 Pepperdine Law Review 95, 1977. Law Clerk to Judge Harry Phillips, Chief Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1978-1979. Member: Orange County (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Municipal; Labor and Employment Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation.
Municipal; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. Firm founder, Alexander Rutan, began practicing law in Orange County in 1906.
In 1936 he formed the firm of Rutan & Tucker with former Utah Superior Court Judge James B. Tucker. Today, with more than 100 attorneys, Rutan & Tucker is the largest Orange County, California based law firm. The Firm's practice extends throughout the United States and includes both the representation of foreign companies doing business in the United States and domestic companies engaged in activities abroad.
Member American Bar Association (litigation, employment and labor law sections), Association Trial Lawyers American, State Bar California, Orange County Bar Association (litigation, labor and employment law sections).