William A Brewer Iii

William A Brewer Iii

May 06, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

Advocacy as Art: Lawyers Must Engage in Issues and Crisis Management

When public relations is stitched into the fabric of the advocacy, the practice can efficiently influence and improve the development of each case or crisis.

By William A. Brewer III

5 minute read

October 06, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Voting Rights: What Ferguson Can Learn From North Texas Suburbs

For the civil rights practitioner, Ferguson exposes the discriminatory effect that occurs when local governments fail (or refuse) to modify their electoral systems to adapt to changing demographics.

By William A. Brewer III

4 minute read

October 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Voting Rights: What Ferguson Can Learn From North Texas Suburbs

For the civil rights practitioner, Ferguson exposes the discriminatory effect that occurs when local governments fail (or refuse) to modify their electoral systems to adapt to changing demographics.

By William A. Brewer III

4 minute read

July 03, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Hotel Wars Come to New York: Deciding Disputes Over Management Agreements

William A. Brewer III, the cofounding and co-managing partner of Bickel & Brewer, and Alexander D. Widell, a former partner of the firm, write that in the continuing battle between the owner of the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach and Marriott International Inc., the Appellate Division, First Department, recently held that Marriott's management contracts with hotel owners are personal services contracts which Marriott cannot impose on hotel owners.

By William A. Brewer III and Alexander D. Widell

13 minute read

August 04, 2003 | National Law Journal

Keep justice balanced

Few issues should be of as much interest to the legal community as a bill pending in Congress, the Intermediate Sanctions Compen satory Revenue Adjustment Act. Sponsored by senators Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, it has been inappropriately hailed by its supporters as landmark legislation that combats abusive attorney fee arrangements. Stalled temporarily in the Senate, it is gaining momentum in the House. The bill, another spoke in the wheel of tort reform, would curtail contingency fees in hi

By William A. Brewer III and C. Dunham Biles

4 minute read