William "Bill" J. Cahill
Managing Partner
Owner & President
Bill is licensed to practice in the state of New Jersey and Maryland. Bill earned his J.D., Cum Laude, from Pace University Law School and his undergraduate degree in Business from St. Bonaventure University. While attending Pace, Bill was the Editor of the Pace Law Review, Vice President of the Student Bar Association, a Member of the National Moot Court Team and a Member Board of Directors of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc.
Prior to entering private practice, Bill was chief litigation counsel to several high profile regional and national environmental organizations, an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law Environmental Clinic and in Washington D.C. as an Honor's Intern at the United States Department of Justice. Before embarking on a career in law, Bill enjoyed a successful business career in manufacturing and marketing with a leading internationally recognized company.
Areas of Practice
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance Law
- Loan Workouts
- Bankruptcy Law
- Commercial Bankruptcy
- Creditors' Rights
- Business & Commercial Law
- Commercial Leasing
- Contracts
- Debtor/Creditor
- International Transactions
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Transactions
- Warranties
- Business Organizations
- Closely Held Businesses
- Directors' & Officers' Liability
- Dissolution
- Formation & Business Planning
- Limited Liability Companies
- Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
- Partnerships
- Reorganizations
- Shareholders' Rights
- Trade Associations
- Civil Rights
- Age Discrimination
- Disability & Illness Discrimination
- Gay & Lesbian Rights
- National Origin Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- Sex Discrimination
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts
- Construction Liens
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Affirmative Action -- Employee
- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
- Employee Rights -- Employee
- Employment Contracts -- Employee
- Employment Discrimination -- Employee
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
- Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee
- Municipal Employment -- Employee
- Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee
- Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee
- Sexual Harassment -- Employee
- Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
- Whistleblower -- Employee
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee
- Wrongful Termination -- Employee
- Environmental Law
- Cleanup & Superfund
- Government Agencies & Programs
- Food & Drug Administration
- Government Contracts
- Debarment
- Federal Contracts
- Government Procurement
- Insurance Law
- Commercial Insurance
- Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
- Errors & Omissions Insurance
- Property & Casualty
- Intellectual Property Law
- Technology Licensing
- Trade Secrets
- International Law
- Trade Regulation
- Litigation & Appeals
- Complex Litigation
- Federal Trial Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Products Liability Law
- Medical Products & Devices
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Real Estate Law
Litigation Percentage
- 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1995
- Maryland, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1995
Education
- Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1995
- Honors: Vice President, Student Bar Association
- Honors: Member, National Moot Court Team, 1995
- Honors: Dean's Award
- Honors: Most Outstanding & Continued Contribution to the Good of the School of Law
- Honors: Ranking Scholar
- Honors: Dean's Scholar (Contracts and Constitutional Law)
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law and Trial Advocacy
- Honors: ALI/ABA Scholarship - Environmental Law Faculty
- Law Review: Pace University Law Review, Editor
- St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New York
- B.A. - 1972
- Major: Business
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., Member, Board of Directors, 1995
- Hackensack Meadowlands Preservation Alliance, Inc., Founder and Current Member, Board of Directors
- Raritan Baykeeper, Inc., Present Counsel, Member, Board of Directors
- Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc., Present Counsel, Board of Directors
- Holmdel Historical Society, Present Member
- Friends of Open Spaces, Holmdel, Present Member
Past Employment Positions
- Donovan & Associates, P.C., Attorney, 1996 - 2006
- American Littoral Society - Baykeeper, Attorney, 1995 - 1996
- Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic, Adjunct Staff Attorney, 1995 - 1998
- Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., Legal Intern, 1994 - 1993
- United States Department Of Justice, Washington, D.C., Environment & Natural Resources Division-, Environmental- Crimes Section, Legal Intern, 1994
- Silverton, Mainship & Luhrs Corporation, Production Purchasing Manager/Director of Sales and Marketing, 1986 - 1992