William E. Braff

Billy practices in Taft’s litigation group where he advises clients in critical matters. He has a keen eye for identifying issues that make or break a case, and uses that insight to resolve disputes efficiently.

Billy specializes in complex commercial litigation and has achieved success across many diverse industries. His experience includes:

• Successfully arguing before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to secure dismissal of a seven-figure property damage case concerning the City of Cincinnati’s major sewer construction project. Bell v. Kokosing Industrial Inc., Case No. 23-5791 (6th Cir. 2024).
• Obtaining a seven-figure award against one of the world’s largest natural gas providers following a multi-week arbitration hearing as part of two-attorney trial team, vindicating his client’s product as free from defect.
• Securing dismissal, at the federal district court and on appeal, of corporate law claims seeking millions of dollars for a complex Mexican shareholder dispute.
• Prevailing before the Supreme Court of Ohio as part of white collar appeals team, reversing lower court’s criminal indictment of licensed wholesale drug distributor.
• Defeating claim that alleged investor was owed in excess of $17 million for sale of startup company.
• Securing dismissal of federal class action suit asserting drug rationing claim against nationally recognized hospitals and doctors.
• Representing oil and gas company in administrative proceeding challenging suspension order under Ohio’s environmental code.
• Advising cryptocurrency company on regulatory landscape and potential challenges to proposed legislation.

“Putting Learned Treatises Under the Microscope: Assessing the Rule 803(18) Hearsay Exception and the Reproducibility Crisis in Social Science,” Review of Litigation, The Brief, Vol. 39, Fall 2019.