Bill Drabble focuses his practice on appellate advocacy and complex commercial litigation. Known for his keen business sense, clear writing, and compelling oral advocacy, he has briefed, argued, and won cases in the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits, and Texas’s intermediate courts of appeals. Bill also helps position cases for success before and at trial through strategic analysis, drafting and responding to dispositive and post-judgment motions, and serving as embedded appellate counsel at trial.
But Bill’s practice is not limited to appeals. He has extensive experience in the trial courtroom, representing property owners, landlords, tenants and developers in real estate litigation, including disputes over land sales, breaches of lease agreements, premises-liability claims, and other disputes involving commercial and residential properties. He also handles a wide variety of intra-company disputes, such as prosecuting and defending claims for breaches of shareholder or company agreements, breach of fiduciary duty claims against directors and officers, and contests for control over the company.
After graduating first in his class from the Baylor University School of Law, Bill served a two-year clerkship for Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, where he gained significant experience in multiple areas of federal practice and a behind-the-scenes perspective of the judicial decision-making process. While clerking, Bill also served as an adjunct law professor at Baylor University and coached three moot-court teams.