William E. Underwood

William E. Underwood


Jones Walker LLP

Recognized since 2021

Atlanta, Georgia

Practice Areas

Construction Law

Litigation - Construction

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William Underwood is a partner on the Construction Team and head of the firm’s Atlanta office. He focuses on construction litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and contract drafting, review, and negotiation. William represents a broad array of domestic and international clients, including owners, general contractors, and design-build contractors, with issues related to large industrial and infrastructure construction projects located in the United States and abroad. He has represented clients in a number of US and international dispute forums, including state and federal courts, federal boards of contract appeals, AAA arbitration, ICC arbitration, and LCIA arbitration. William provides legal advice to clients throughout the entire life cycle of a project, from inception to completion. William’s experience ranges from representing owners and contractors involved in high stakes disputes regarding billion-dollar projects to advising clients on issues related to contract drafting, contract negotiation, risk mitigation, and overall project management. While in law school, William served as a student attorney in the Washington and Lee Community Legal Practice Center and represented the school in the ABA Regional Client Counseling Competition. He also served as an articles editor for the Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice and authored a published student note on Fourth Amendment search and seizure law.

Location
  • 3455 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400
    Atlanta, GA 30326
Education
  • Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 2012
  • Washington and Lee University, B.A., graduated 2009
Bar Admissions
  • Georgia, GA
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Forum on Construction Law; Vice-Chair, Young Lawyers Division, International Law Committee
  • Atlanta Bar Association - Construction Law Section
  • State Bar of Georgia - Member
Court Admissions
  • All Georgia state, superior and appellate courts
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

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Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 for work in:
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

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