William Foster

William Foster

William Foster, Associate

Phone: (415) 278-7919
Fax: (415) 433-4816

Bill Foster represents clients in insurance coverage and bad faith matters. A Sacramento native, Bill attended the UC Davis School of Law on a Dean’s Merit Scholarship, where he graduated first in his class and was elected to The Order of The Barristers. He spent his last semester of law school working full-time as an extern for the Honorable Susan Y. Illston of the Northern District of California. Prior to joining Pillsbury & Coleman, Bill served as a law clerk for the Honorable Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California. Before that, he spent several years at international law firms where he worked on a range of complex civil litigation matters.

Areas of Practice

  • Insurance Law
  • Disability Claims

Education

  • University of California, Davis School of Law
    • J.D. – 2017
    • Honors: Dean’s Merit Scholarship, First in Class, elected to The Order of The Barristers, National finalist Saul Leftkowitz Moot Court Competition and winner of Lefkowitz National Best Brief Award
    • UC Davis Law Review, Editor, 2015-2017; UC Davis School of Law Negotiations Team, 2015-2017
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    • B.A. – 2014

Admissions

  • State Bar of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California