William Hoch

About William Hoch

William H. Hoch (“Will”) is a shareholder in Crowe & Dunlevy’s Oklahoma City office where he has practiced since 1995 and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy, copyright and trademark infringement, antitrust and related litigation. Will chairs Crowe’s Bankruptcy and Creditor\'s Rights Practice Group and for Lex Mundi. Will is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy selected in 2015. Will has received the ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ distinction since 2007 in Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Mortgage Law where he has been selected “Oklahoma Lawyer of the Year” on multiple occasions in these areas of practice. Will has also been selected as a Top 3 Super Lawyer in Oklahoma for multiple years running. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. He is most proud of his diversity work in the legal profession as well as advocacy work with the homeless.Admitted to practice: Arizona, New York, Oklahoma & TexasUnited States Supreme CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the 10th CircuitUnited States District Court for the Western District of OklahomaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of OklahomaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of OklahomaUnited States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of ArkansasUnited States District Court for the Northen District of TexasHe is regularly admitted pro hac vice in the D.Del; C.D.Cal; and D.Kansas.*Graduate of the Catholic University of America (B.A, 1988; J.D. 1993).*Former Law Clerk, Hon. Richard L. Bohanon, U.S. Bankr. W.D. Okla.*Former Law Clerk, Hon. Marion Opala, Oklahoma Supreme Court *Legislative Director to Congressman Glenn English (D-OK),*Board of Governors - The Catholic University of America *Delegate to ABA House of Delegates*Past Chair of the Board of the City Rescue Mission (OKC), Oklahoma\'s largest homeless shelter *Former Chair of the American Bar Association\'s (\"ABA\") Commission on Homelessness & Poverty*Former Member of the ABA\'s Government Affairs Committee *Former Member of the ABA\'s Law Library of Congress Committee.*Former Chair of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.Specialties: Commercial Litigation and arbitration; bankruptcy and creditor\'s rights; forclosure; antitrust, copyright and trademark, franchise law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

Experience

1. Shareholder Director

   Crowe Dunlevy

   Nov 1995 — Present

   Represent major international clients in copyright and trademark infringement cases. Represent major national creditors in various bankruptcy cases before the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, Middle District of Florida, Central District of California, Eastern District of Virginia, District of Delaware, as well as the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. These creditors include MidFirst Bank, Ford Motor Credit Corp, AT & T, Copelco Capital, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Deutsche Bank, and PMC Mutual Shares, Inc. Represented clients in a variety of settings including the reorganization of TSG, Inc. before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Homeland Stores, Inc. and Homeland Holding Corporation before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; represented a mortgage loan servicer in the purchase of a $2 Billion loan portfolio in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; represented a purchaser of substantially all of the assets of a major oil exploration company in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas and large international telephone company in certain antitrust litigation. Areas of concentration and experience include antitrust, bankruptcy, copyright and trademark infringement, utility law (telecommunications and electric), general commercial litigation and corporate law.

Education

• The Catholic University of America

  BA, History & Philosophy

  1984 — 1988

• The Catholic University of America

  JD, Law

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• Administrative Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law
• Mortgage Banking
• Legal Research
• Creditors' Rights
• Chapter 11
• Courts
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Commercial Banking
• Civil Litigation
• Licensing
• Trials
• Bankruptcy
• Securities Fraud
• Product Liability
• Banking Law
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Corporate Law
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Telecommunications
• Competition Law
• Creditor's Rights
• Appeals
• Creditor Representation
• Preferential Transfers
• Trademark Infringement
• Mortgage Servicing
• Franchising
• Rural Electrification
• Torts
• Fraud
• Corporate Governance
• Personal Injury
• Securities Litigation
• Trial Practice
• Trade Secrets
• Oil & Gas Industry