William H. "Bill" Narwold
Recognized since 2005
Hartford, Connecticut
Antitrust Law
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
Litigation - Securities
Bill Narwold has advocated for corporate accountability and fiduciary responsibility for nearly 40 years, representing consumers, governmental entities, unions and institutional investors. He litigates complex securities fraud, shareholder rights and consumer fraud lawsuits, as well as matters involving unfair trade practices, antitrust violations and whistleblower/qui tam claims.
Bill leads Motley Rice's securities and consumer fraud litigation teams and False Claim Act practice. He is also active in the firm’s appellate practice. His experience includes being involved in more than 200 appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal and multiple state courts.
Prior to joining Motley Rice in 2004, Bill directed corporate, securities, financial, and other complex litigation on behalf of private and commercial clients for 25 years at Cummings & Lockwood in Hartford, Connecticut, including 10 years as managing partner. Prior to his work in private practice, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Warren W. Eginton of the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut from 1979-1981.
Bill often acts as an arbitrator and mediator both privately and through the American Arbitration Association. He is a frequent speaker on legal matters, including class actions. Named one of 11 lawyers "who made a difference" by The Connecticut Law Tribune, Bill is recognized as an AV® rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®.
Bill has served the Hartford community with past involvements including the Greater Hartford Legal Assistance Foundation, Lawyers for Children America, and as President of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. For more than twenty years, Bill served as a Director and Chairman of Protein Sciences Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company in Meriden, Connecticut.
- E-mail: bnarwold@motleyrice.com
- Lawyer Page: https://www.motleyrice.com/attorneys/william-h-narwold
- One Corporate Center, 17th Floor
20 Church Street
Hartford, CT 06103
- English
- University of Connecticut, J.D., graduated 1979
- Colby College, BA, graduated 1974
- Connecticut, Connecticut Bar Association
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
- New York, New York State Bar Association
- South Carolina, South Carolina Bar
- Taxpayers Against Fraud - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Connecticut Bar Foundation - Past President
- University of Connecticut Law School Foundation - past Board of Trustees member
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, D.C., and Federal Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Eastern District of Michigan, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and District of South Carolina
31 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
20 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Antitrust Law, Hartford (2023)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Hartford (2019)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Hartford (2017)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Hartford (2015)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Hartford (2013)
- Antitrust Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Securities
- Lawdragon
2019–2021 Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Connecticut Super Lawyers and New England Super Lawyers lists
2009–2020 Securities litigation, Class action/mass tortsConnecticut Bar Foundation
2008 Legal Services Leadership Award
- Commercial Litigation
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