Bill Wagner

Background

About Bill Wagner

For more than 30 years, I’ve helped business leaders protect what they’ve built—navigating high-stakes litigation, recovering denied insurance benefits, and defending proprietary technology in an era of rapid innovation. I represent companies facing complex legal challenges—whether it’s a former employee misappropriating trade secrets, an insurer refusing to honor its policy, or emerging AI technologies raising new risks. My role is to guide executives, general counsel, and boards through the legal landscape with clarity, urgency, and strategic precision. My practice focuses on: • Complex commercial litigation • Insurance recovery and coverage disputes • Trade secret and intellectual property protection • Environmental litigation • AI and emerging technology risks Examples of how I’ve helped clients: • Successfully litigated 9-figure business disputes, misappropriation of trade secret claims involving technology representing hundreds of millions of dollars in sales, complex government contract and securities fraud claims, and the defense of environmental class actions and highly publicized federal and state enforcement actions. Skillfully guided clients through parallel administrative, civil, and criminal investigations and prosecutions. • Helped corporate policyholders recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance benefits and coverage under commercial general liability, business interruption, crime and fidelity, cyber, directors and officers, errors and omissions, representations and warranties, umbrella, and excess policies, often without the need of litigation. Secured coverage in response to class action and mass tort claims, and pursued claims for bad faith claims handling. I work closely with clients to assemble the right team—technical experts, forensic analysts, and industry specialists—to present their case clearly and credibly to judges, juries, arbitrators, and insurers. If your company is facing a legal challenge that threatens your business, your innovation, or your future—let’s talk. You need to act quickly to protect your rights. Taft is a full-service law firm with more than attorneys providing sophisticated, value-driven legal services to help our clients achieve their goals.