William D. Chapman

WILLIAM D. CHAPMAN is a trial lawyer and Of Counsel with Cadden & Fuller LLP. Mr. Chapman has defended and recovered multimillion dollar jury verdicts and settlements for clients in state and federal courts in California and nationwide. Every year since 2009, Mr. Chapman has been selected to the California Super Lawyers® List. He has received the designation of "Fellow," by the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers who are selected by invitation only, based upon excellence, accomplishment, and superior ethical reputation at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Chapman was born and raised in Southern California. Mr. Chapman has tried cases before judges or juries in numerous California State and Federal Courts and the Federal Court in the Southern District of New York. Mr. Chapman has appeared before the California Courts of Appeal, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Ninth Circuit and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has represented a wide range of businesses of all sizes and entity types, in industries including real estate, business finance, nutraceuticals, computer software, building insulation products, self-insurance groups, automobile dealerships, distributorships, raw materials suppliers, etc. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies as well as startup businesses. He has represented individuals who have suffered injuries from accidents involving automobiles, boats, gym equipment, insurance bad faith, etc. His clients range from very local to as far away as Brazil, Italy and Russia. Awards and Honors Honors Named to Super Lawyers, 2009-2012 Top Attorneys in Southern California, Los Angeles Magazine, 2011-2012

• Of Counsel

• Smith, Chapman & Campbell, Founding partner, 2001 - 2010
• Chapman, Fuller & Bollard, Founding partner, 1997 - 2001
• Julander, Brown & Bollard, Partner
• References
• James Park
• Dave Johnson
• Michael Krushner
• Larry Howard
• Languages
• English
• Spanish

• W. Lowell Benson Lifetime Service Award, BYU Management Society, Provo, Utah, 2007
• Presentation, Renaissance Symposium V, Litigation Counsel of America, Telluride, Colorado, 2012

• Anguiano v. Allstate
• Citation: 209 F.3d 1167
• Court: US Crt of App.
• Year: 2000
• Bostick v. Flex Equipment Co., Inc.
• Citation: 147 Cal.App.4th 80
• Court: CA Crt of App
• Year: 2007

• Member and former board member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, 1990 - 1993
• Member and former chair of the worldwide BYU Management Society, 2003 - 2011
• AYSO soccer coach
• Scoutmaster
• Actively involved in church, community and civic groups in South Orange County
• Representative Clients
• Owens Corning
• Alumax, Inc.
• Quest Software, Inc.
• Gnosis, SpA

• California, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2009
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2012
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2011

• Litigation Counsel of America, 2011 - 2012 (Fellow)
• Orange County Bar Association, 1981 - 2012 (Member)