About
The law office of William E. Betz, founded in 1984 and based in Garden City, New York, provides civil and criminal litigation, appeals, and dispute resolution for plaintiffs and defendants across Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the five boroughs of New York City. With over 40 years of experience and more than 1,500 client matters handled, the practice covers complex trials; appellate advocacy before the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and New York appellate courts; arbitration and mediation; business and employment disputes; constitutional and civil rights cases; matrimonial and family law; personal injury and malpractice; wills and estates; bankruptcy; immigration; and matters before the Court of International Trade.
William E. Betz earned his J.D. degree cum laude from New York Law School in 1983, serving on the Law Review and receiving the Jurisprudence Award and the Nathan Burkan Copyright competition award. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University. His career includes clerking at Cravath, Swaine & Moore; association with Weil, Gotshal & Manges; operating his own law office for more than a decade; work with the law office of Raoul Felder; and service as an Assistant Attorney General in Saipan, U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, focusing on civil litigation. Representative matters span civil rights, antitrust, contracts, securities, and constitutional law.