William L Killion
Faegre & Benson regularly handles among the most complex and challenging transactions and litigation work facing multinational businesses. Our firm has offices in Boulder, Denver, Des Moines, Frankfurt, London, Minneapolis, and Shanghai.
William L Killion
Faegre & Benson
90 S 7th St #2200
Minneapolis MN 55402
Tel: 612 343-2800
Fax: 612 333-0066
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification
Practices:
Distribution and Dealer Litigation
Bill Killion is a partner in the firm's business litigation group. He provides counseling and litigation services to franchisors and manufacturers in all areas of product distribution, including franchise, antitrust, and products liability.
Bill places a particular emphasis on franchise law in his practice. He represents exclusively franchisors and manufacturers and has handled virtually every variety of franchise/distributor-related dispute. He has represented franchisors and manufacturers responding to claims based on antitrust laws, product pricing, little FTC acts, deceptive trade practices, franchise and special dealership statutes, the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fiduciary duties, and unlawful termination. Bill has defended several class actions on behalf of franchisor clients.
Like his colleagues on the Faegre Franchise Team, Bill has a passion for franchising. He shares the Team's belief that effective representation of clients means understanding the franchisor's business needs. Although he has actually tried and arbitrated many cases on behalf of franchisors, Bill also understands that trials and arbitrations are not always (or not even usually) the best way to resolve disputes. He is therefore committed to alternative dispute resolution, where appropriate. Bill also believes the best way to "win" disputes with franchisees and third parties is to avoid the conflict altogether. He therefore works with franchisors to develop programs designed to reduce the risk of claims.
Bill was honored with a Burton Award for Legal Achievement in 2009 for his article, "The Modern Myth of the Vulnerable Franchisee"—one of 30 entries singled out for excellence among submissions by the nation's 1,000 largest law firms.
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