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 Bad Faith
Disability Insurance
Long-Term Care Insurance
Property Insurance
Business Interruption Coverage

Publications

Disability Claims and The Statute of Limitations, Advocate Magazine, January 2024
Degrees of Privacy in Federal Court, Advocate Magazine, May 2024
Win Remand by Challenging The Amount In Controversy, Plaintiff Magazine, December 2024
Ninth Circuit Confirms Expert Prep Fees Are Recoverable, Daily Journal, December 2024
Emotional Distress Damages in Insurance Bad Faith Cases, Plaintiff Magazine, April 2025

Professional Affiliations

San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
Consumer Attorneys of California
American Association for Justice

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