William G. Compton
Partner
billcompton@andrewskurth.com

1717 Main Street
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4478
F: 214.659.4776

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Bill Compton regularly represents financial institutions in both federal and state court. He has been the lead counsel for matters involving lender liability issues, credit disputes and grand jury investigations. In recent years, he has had trial cases involving Article 3 and Article 4 of the U.C.C. with issues ranging from indorsement questions, policy and procedure issues and comparative fault matters where the financial institutions' actions in the handling of a particular matter are compared with the conduct of others to determine responsibility for a loss.

Professional / Civic Affiliations

Member

• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Texas Association of Bank Counsel
• State Bar of Ohio

Headline News

• Law firms brace for subprime fallout (pdf) (April 11, 2008)
• Arter & Hadden’s Dallas Corporate and Financial Institutions Team Joins Andrews & Kurth (July 10, 2003)

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Litigation
• Subprime and Distressed Assets

Education

• JD, 1973, Case Western Reserve University
• BA, 1969, University of Cincinnati

Admitted

• Texas 1989
• Ohio 1973