Bill Pittard is an experienced lawyer with a unique depth of government and litigation experience. Bill’s practice focuses on representing individuals and businesses with high-stakes problems. He particularly helps clients connected to the Legislative Branch, whether as officials of that branch or as individuals and businesses preparing for congressional hearings or otherwise responding to congressional inquiries.

Over the past several years, for example, Bill has helped guide clients through most of Washington, D.C.’s headline-grabbing events. Those representations that are public include clients in connection with the impeachment inquiry of President Biden, the two impeachments of President Trump, allegations of impropriety by Justice Kavanaugh, congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election, congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI’s investigation of Secretary Clinton’s email server, congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., and congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the alleged politicization of employment practices at the State Department. Other Legislative Branch centered matters have involved the Federal Election Commission, the Office of Congressional Ethics, the House and Senate Ethics Committees, many of the various House and Senate committees of jurisdiction, various grand juries, and general civil litigation.

Bill’s congressional work also has included corporate clients in investigations that, while less politically-charged, have extraordinary potential consequences for the company. Bill’s clients have included some of the largest American and global corporations.

Prior to joining Kaiser, Bill served in the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives for more than five years, primarily as the Deputy General Counsel and briefly as the Acting General Counsel. In that office, Bill acted as legal counsel to Members, committees, officers, and employees of the House on matters related to their official duties. He also represented the House itself in litigation and other matters in which it had an institutional interest. The Congressional Record summarizes, in part: “Mr. Pittard provided frequent and invaluable legal advice and representation to Members of the House . . . , the officers of the House, the committees of the House, and the leadership of the House—most often in connection with their interactions with the other branches of the Federal Government.  He did so professionally and without regard to partisan identity and, as a result, we came to rely on his expertise and guidance.”

Before joining the Office of General Counsel, Bill practiced at Williams & Connolly LLP, where he litigated complex criminal and civil cases from inception through trial and appeal. Bill’s cases particularly involved professional services, whether regarding claims of legal malpractice or breach of a financial professional’s duties to his or her clients. For example, Bill served as the team lead in defending an arbitration action filed against a brokerage firm and two individual brokers; in that matter, Bill achieved a full, mid-trial, exoneration for his clients. In a subprime mortgage case, Bill obtained an early dismissal for his underwriter client. And, in another case, Bill took the depositions and served as the primary drafter in successfully establishing that an opposing party, even if successful in establishing its claims, likely would be responsible for his client’s attorney’s fees; the case settled immediately thereafter.

And, before embarking on a career in the law, Bill taught elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland through the Teach for America program.

Bill holds a Top Secret / SCI security clearance.