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Attorneys

William F. Ward

Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas

White Collar Crime; Criminal Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Fraud; Civil Practice; Administrative Law



Admitted 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School Temple University, J.D.
Member Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Federal, Third Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; American Corrections Association; American Probation and Parole Association; Association of Paroling Authorities, International; Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole and Corrections; International Network of Boutique Law Firms.
Biography Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society. Recipient: Special Commendation Award of Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys; United States Attorney General's Special Achievement Award. Law Clerk to Honorable Louis C. Bechtle, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978. Author, "The Sentencing of Organizations Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines," 40 Federal Bar News Journal 180 (1993); "Compliance Programs Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines," 120 Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 139 (July 25, 1994); "Initiating Appeals from District Court Decisions," Chapter 5 Lawyers Cooperative Federal Practice Guide: Federal Appellate Procedure, Third Circuit,Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company and West Information Publishing Group (1996). Assistant United States Attorney, 1979-1985 and Chief, Economic Crimes Section, 1983-1985, Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1996-1997. Chairman of the Board, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1997-2003. Commissioner: Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 1997-2003; Pennsylvania County Probation and Parole Officers Firearm Education and Training Commission, 1997-2003; Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, 2002-2003. Member: State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2002-2003; Governor's Executive Council, Pennsylvania Justice Network, 1997-2003; Pennsylvania's Targeted Community Revitalization and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. Solicitor, Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board.
Born Brooklyn, New York, November 20, 1951
ISLN 902955866



Office Hours

Mon - Fri / 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Areas Of Practice

  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Fraud
  • Criminal Law
  • White Collar Crime Federal and State

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