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BillFoster

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Partner

"After 30 years of legal practice, I still deeply enjoy working with each client to resolve their complex insurance issues."

Overview

Biography

With over 30 years of legal experience, Bill primarily concentrates his practice on representing insurers in first- and third-party matters and handling matters involving personal-injury defense, insurance coverage, and the investigation and defense of potential claims of insurance fraud, including trial and appellate representation.

Bill handles cases involving products liability, intentional torts, business torts, insurance defense, defective products, dangerous conditions, labor law, strict liability, professional liability, fraud, and catastrophic personal-injuries issues for Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries. He also provides counsel to and defends municipalities in matters related to claims of property damage, wrongful death, and personal injury.

Bill additionally litigates fraud and arson insurance-defense matters and renders coverage opinions and advice on complex property-insurance claims. He also has extensive experience working with insurance companies handling fire insurance and subrogation claims.

Bar Associations

  • Albany County Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • New York Trial Lawyers Association
Experience

Prior Experience

  • Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Partner
  • Bouck, Holloway, Kiernan & Casey, LLP, Partner

Selected Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Albany "Lawyer of the Year": Insurance Law, 2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Insurance Law, 2022–2025; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2023–2025
  • Selected to Super Lawyers Upstate New York: Insurance Coverage, 2008–2009; Personal Injury Products: Defense, 2015–2022
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated for Very High to Preeminent Ethical Standards and Legal Ability, 2006–2018
Knowledge

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • New York State Bar Association, “Insurance Coverage Trending Topics”
  • New York State Bar Association, “Insurance Coverage Fundamentals”
  • New York State Bar Association, “Insurance Considerations for Premises Liability”
  • New York State Bar Association, “Review of the New York Standard Fire Insurance Policy”
  • 22nd Albany Claims Association Fall Educational Workshop, Guest Lecturer

Selected Alerts & Blog Posts

Featured Media

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Website Accessibility Lawsuits: Several "Tester" Plaintiffs—Wislande Claude, Felipe Fernandez, Howard Wilson, Lisa Cantwell, and Erika Alexandria—Targeting Businesses in Recent Flurry of Lawsuits

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NYS Appellate Court Holds Family Members Are Not Bound by Arbitration Agreement Signed by Deceased Relative

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Website Accessibility Lawsuits: Several "Tester" Plaintiffs—Milagros Senior, Sylinia Jackson, Edery Herrera, Henry Tucker, and Carlton Knowles—Targeting Businesses in Recent Flurry of Lawsuits

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Website Accessibility Lawsuits: Several "Tester" Plaintiffs—Phyllis Hampton, Nicolas Grant, Windy Lucius, Jesus Gonzalez, and James Watson—Targeting Businesses in Recent Flurry of Lawsuits

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New York PSC Grants 30-Day Extension for NYSERDA to File First Bulk Energy Storage Solicitation

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Supreme Court Broadens Scope of Religious Exemption From State Regulation