Bill joined the Mazzone Law Firm in 2019. Before turning to law in 1978, he taught philosophy at Missouri State University. Bill spent most of his 40 of practice as a public defender, including serving as the Director of the Snohomish County Public Defender Association for 26 years.
Bill has appeared before all levels of the courts of the State of Washington. He represented four clients facing the death penalty.
Whitman College, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 1964
University of Missouri, Columbia, Ph.D in Philosophy, 1969
University of Washington School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1978
Admitted to Practice before all courts of the State of Washington
Admitted to Practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Admitted to Practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Washington Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers, member
Washington State Bar Association, member
Snohomish County Bar Association, member