Bill Failey

Bill was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and has been vacationing and living in Michigan for over 20 years, so he has a deep understanding of the Midwest values and culture that are so prevalent here in West Michigan. Bill graduated from Valparaiso University with a BA in history and earned his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Bill has worked for a number of firms where he learned from some of the finest attorneys in West Michigan. Before going into practice with his old college friend and fraternity brother Will Hartwell, Bill clerked for the Law office of Love and Johnson, the Kent County Defenders Office, and Jensen & DeHaan, PC. Bill focuses his practice on Social Security Disability and Civil Litigation: Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers' Compensation, and Personal Injury. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Bill Failey included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Bill Failey Included on the 2025Michigan Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2021 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2016 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Kent County Office of The Defender, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Law Clerk
• Love and Johnson PLC, Law Clerk
• Jensen and De Haan PC, Law Clerk

• State Bar of Michigan (Member)
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan (Member)
• Grand Rapids Bar Association (Member)