Bio

William Deveau is a versatile practitioner who focuses his practice in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance coverage law. Mr. Deveau counsels and represents insurers on complex insurance coverage issues including bad faith, commercial and excess liability, construction defect, professional liability, directors & officers liability, nanotechnology, environmental claims and cyber claims. Additionally, he represents local and regional businesses in corporate, transactional, and litigation matters. In law school, Mr. Deveau was the recipient of the New York State Bar Association Law Student Achievement Award and a member of the St. John's University Law School Journal of Legal Commentary. Mr. Deveau also served as the President of the Environmental Law Society. Mr. Deveau worked as a law clerk for the United States Department of Justice, in the Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section in Washington, D.C. He is a past contributor to the New York State Bar Association's Environmental Lawyer publication.