William Gantz

Practice Areas

Mr. Gantz serves as Team Lead in the firm’s Gaming Industry Group, and is versatile in his representation of gaming, technology and manufacturing clients in intellectual property and commercial litigation.

Mr. Gantz has extensive experience in in shareholder rights litigation involving closely held corporations and limited liability companies, and has successfully tried cases for oppression, forced buyouts for "fair value" and dissolution, as well as shareholder derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duty and corporate waste.

Mr. Gantz also negotiates and drafts commercial agreements such as licensing agreements, website development and hosting agreements, asset purchase agreements, limited liability company equity transactions, distribution and sales representative agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and employment and separation agreements.

Career

Duane Morris LLP: Partner, 2020-present; Dentons US LLP: Partner, 2007-2020; DLA Piper LLP: Partner, 1997-2007; Bollinger Ruberry & Garvey: Associate, 1990-1997

Professional Memberships

Gaming Law Review, Editorial Board; International Masters of Gaming Law, General Member; International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA), Board of Trustees; Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Chicago Bar Association, Committee on Business Divorce and Complex Ownership Disputes, Founding Member

Personal

Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1990