Biography: Product Liability Defence

Shook, Hardy & Bacon partner Bill Crampton focuses in products liability and consumer protection litigation. He has experience in complex litigation, including individual claims and aggregated actions. He has represented clients and tried cases in state and federal courts across the United States. Bill has served as national and regional counsel to manufacturers involved in recurring litigation, including tobacco products, silica products and beverage alcohol. Bill also has extensive experience in litigation arising from accidental fires.

Bill also represents and consults with clients on product liability matters throughout Europe and Latin America. Between 2004 and 2006, he served as managing partner in the firm's office in Geneva, Switzerland.

Bill is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and The Lawyers Association of Kansas City. While in law school at Creighton University, Bill served as assistant editor of the Creighton Law Review. He is the author of a proposed method of analysis for personal jurisdiction found at 17 Creighton Law Review 1459 (1984) and co-author of a chapter on 'Class Action Developments Overseas' in Product Liability Litigation: Current Law, Strategies and Best Practices (2009).