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William
H. Bode
Phone: 202-828-4100
Direct: 202-862-4300
E-mail: wbode@bode.com
William Bode’s practice specializes in complex business
litigation and his cases have covered a broad array of federal
statutes and claims. He has represented a diverse array of clients
such as Anheuser Busch Companies, Reynolds Metal, and CMS Energy
Corp. in cases that have merited special attention in trade publications.
Over 70 opinions arising from his cases are published in federal
and state reporters. He has argued cases before the Courts of Appeal
for the Second, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Federal Circuits, the Court
of International Trade, and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Bode has represented clients in the environmental area in
cases under CERCLA (Superfund), the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Oil Pollution Act. He was recognized
in Washingtonian Magazine in December 2004 as one of the
country’s top Environmental Lawyers. He has served as General
Counsel to the Environmental Business Association.
Mr. Bode’s practice areas include intellectual property
law, and he won a federal court decision declaring that a portion
of Internet Domain Fees was an unconstitutional tax. The effect
of the decision was to save the internet community over $220 million
in fees. He has won important cases applying trademark law to Internet
domain names. Mr. Bode also has argued an important intellectual
property case involving plant patents before the United States
Supreme Court.
Mr. Bode has represented energy clients in every sector of the
industry, including crude oil production, refining, terminalling,
pipelines, and marketing. He has served as General Counsel to the
Independent Terminal Operators Association.
Mr. Bode also has represented clients and achieved important victories
in cases implicating the False Claims Act, Insurance Law, and the
Administrative Procedures Act. He has prosecuted complex federal
claims against the government.
Mr. Bode frequently lectures, and is consulted by the media in
cases involving complex litigation. He is a member of the American
Bar Association and its committees on business litigation, unfair
trade practices and antitrust law, and intellectual property.
Mr. Bode has represented many clients for over 20 years. He works
with clients to achieve successful trial verdicts, and to sustain
these verdicts in post-trial appellate decisions, and negotiated
settlements. His practice is national in scope and his hallmark
is finding creative trial strategies, and innovative dispute resolution
solutions.
Mr. Bode is the founding and managing Partner of the Firm. Prior
to the practice of law, Mr. Bode served as a Systems Analyst in
the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He received his Juris Doctorate
degree as a graduate of George Washington University ’s National
Law Center . He received a Master of Science from the Stanford
Business School , and a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Air Force
Academy. His Publications have covered Energy Law, Environmental
Law, Intellectual Property Law, and the enforcement of derivative
contracts under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regulations.
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