William H. Stoddard, Jr.

Partner
(866) 249-1942

Born:
Provo, Utah, September 10, 1975

Education:
Brigham Young University, B.A., English, 1999
William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, J.D., summa cum laude, 2002(ranked No. 1 in his law school class)..

Practice Areas:
Real Estate and Business Transactions; Secured Finance; Contract Law; Zoning and Land Use Law; Environmental Law; Business Formations; Water Law; Gaming Law, Mediation / Arbitration

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Biography:

Mr. Stoddard joined the firm 2006 after leaving the Los Angeles office of a major, international Wall Street law firm where he practiced in the most highly regarded products liability defense litigation practice group in the nation.   Since joining Albright, Stoddard, Warnick & Albright, Mr. Stoddard regularly represents clients in various industries, including construction, mining, health care, finance, retail and hospitality, in major commercial transactions, including asset and stock-based business sales and acquisitions, major real estate purchases, secured financing, complex business and state licensing (including gaming licensing). 

Recent transactions closed in the past year include serving as co-lead counsel in representation of the largest private structural and reinforcing steel contractor in Western United States in the sale of its assets to Pacific Coast Steel, as well as the purchase of a long-term care hospital in Burien, Washington.  In the past few years alone, Mr. Stoddard has served as lead counsel in complex business transactions totaling roughly a quarter-billion dollars in total deal value.  These deals have included being involved in major seven and eight figure real property acquisitions and sales, complicated water right transactions and multi-million dollar secured finance closings.   Additionally, he has successfully represented clients in obtaining a series of complicated licenses and governmental approvals from Nevada gaming licenses to federal HUD subdivision approvals.

Mr. Stoddard also litigates commercial and business matters, and is licensed to practice in the State and Federal courts in Nevada and California. 

Mr. Stoddard also acts as mediator and arbitrator

Admissions:

2002, California; 2003, Nevada; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Summa Cum Laude – No. 1 rank; James E. Rogers Outstanding Scholar Award from law school faculty for highest academic achievement; Law Review Editorial Board, Lead Articles Editor; Full academic scholarship (all three years of law school); Law Student Extern, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Nevada; Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic, Juvenile Justice Program.

Awarded highest grade in class in Civil Procedure I, Property Law I, Property Law II, Constitutional Law I, Contract Law I, Contract Law II, Torts I, Lawyering Processes I, Administrative Law, Criminal Procedure, Business Organizations I, Juvenile Justice Clinic.

Personal:

Mr. Stoddard joined the firm to “step into the shoes” of his father, William H. Stoddard, a long-time partner of the firm, who is currently on sabbatical from the firm (serving as the President of the Illinois Chicago North Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who will return to the firm in the summer of 2009).   Raised in Las Vegas, Mr. Stoddard has deep roots in the Valley, having graduated from Ed W. Clark High School in 1993. 

Prior Legal Experience:

Judicial clerk for Senior U.S. District Judge, Robert C. Broomfield, District of Arizona, 2002-04;

Product liability litigator, 2004-2006: Worked at major international law firm defending lawsuits brought against pharmaceutical manufacturer alleging that an over-the-counter decongestant (phenylpropanolamine or “PPA”) contained in cough and cold medications caused hemorrhagic strokes. Involved in significant facets of the litigation including key motion practice and trial expert witness preparation in two major trials.

Publications:

“Revised Article 9-315(b)(2); Careless Drafting or an Invitation to Creative Lawyering?” Nevada Law Journal, Spring 2003 edition; “One Man, One Speech, Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and His Dream,” Winter 1998 BYU Insight Magazine.

Languages: Spanish