Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison represents national healthcare providers in a range of litigation and compliance matters involving government enforcement, internal investigation, False Claims Act cases, and antitrust counseling. A former senior in-house lawyer at one of the nation’s largest public healthcare companies, Bill understands the burden litigation and investigations can have on in-house counsel and in-house business units. He has the hands-on experience to efficiently and successfully defend corporations and executives in complex matters while minimizing disruption to their businesses.

Bill has led teams that have handled many mission-critical matters, such as defending:

• A behavioral healthcare management company against claims of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and the Rehabilitation Act
• A chief executive officer and general counsel of a healthcare client in dozens of cases, spanning Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, and New Mexico, alleging that the firm’s clients breached their fiduciary duties

In addition to his own practice, Bill is co-chair of the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice Group, helping to manage a growing team of more than two dozen lawyers nationwide who advise clients across all sectors of the healthcare industry on business transactions, regulatory compliance, government investigations, patent litigation and counseling, as well as a host of issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The group collaborates closely with our Precision Medicine and Digital Health Practice Group to counsel corporations, technology startups, non-profit research institutions, universities, hospital systems, pharmaceuticals, and investors supporting the industry.

Bill returned to the firm in 2019 after serving as the vice president and assistant general counsel at Tenet Healthcare Corporation, where he was responsible for the regulatory group, civil and criminal government investigations and litigation, False Claims Act litigation, complex litigation, cyber incident response, and malpractice litigation.

Bill regularly writes and speaks on cutting-edge topics relevant to the healthcare industry, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also is active in pro bono and community activities, including serving as chair of Dallas Afterschool, and having held leadership roles for the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and Educate Dallas.