100 EAST PRATT STREET
SUITE 2440
BALTIMORE,
MD
21202-1031
410.332.1240
410.659.0436 fax
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William K. Meyer focuses his practice on civil and white collar criminal litigation. His civil practice has included work on successful class action cases related to violations of Medicaid law in both state and federal courts; class action cases against mortgage lenders related to violations of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act; a variety of intellectual property civil cases; a notable Employee Retirement Income Security Act pension case won against the NFL pension plans; and construction arbitration matters. As a criminal defense attorney, he has represented individual and corporate defendants in federal criminal investigations.
Before joining Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Mr. Meyer was a partner in a Baltimore law firm, an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, and the founder and owner of an internet sports business that provided statistical services for fantasy baseball, basketball, and football leagues for nearly 20 years before being acquired in 2006 by a unit of NBC Sports. Prior to his careers in law and business, Mr. Meyer worked as a newspaper reporter for two daily newspapers in Ohio.
Experience
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Represented a class of nursing home residents challenging Maryland’s refusal to provide deductions for Medicaid recipients’ pre-eligibility medical expenses for long-term care. The settlement—one of the two largest settlements or judgments ever against the State of Maryland—will pay up to $16 million for the benefit of the class and bring the state into compliance with federal law. E. Smith v. John Colmers, et al. (Circ. Ct. Balt. City).
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Represented a large health care provider in a successful action before a state licensing commission to obtain a waiver to perform a groundbreaking cardiac procedure.
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Represented environmental groups in their successful challenge under the Endangered Species Act of placement of wind turbines near bat hibernacula. Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy et al. v. Invenergy (U.S. Dist. Ct. Md)
EDUCATION
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George Washington University Law School,
J.D.,
1982, with honors; Member, The George Washington Law Review
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The Ohio State University,
B.A.,
1977
COURT ADMISSIONS
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
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