Bill Berglund spearheads health care and other business-related litigation, compliance, and risk management matters.
An experienced litigator and advisor, Bill achieves diverse solutions to complex legal problems for pharmaceutical, medical device, and other product manufacturers in federal and state court litigation nationwide.
In his role as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Bill counsels and guides clients in health care, financial services, manufacturing, and other industries regarding privacy and data security issues, including breach and incident response, and compliance with federal, state, and international laws and regulations. As co-chair of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Emerging Technologies Section, Bill frequently speaks at bar seminars and other legal conferences, often partnering with IT/information security, cyber insurance, and compliance experts, as well as government regulators.
Bill defends a wide variety of class actions, including consumer, product liability, and privacy claims. He also has considerable experience managing client matters through federal multidistrict litigation (MDL), including the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. He has led teams of lawyers and support staff drafting complex legal briefs, taking and defending depositions, and developing expert witnesses covering medicine, science, FDA/regulatory, product design, and manufacturing issues.
Before becoming a lawyer, Bill was a Teach For America corps member and special education teacher at a high school near New Orleans, and he remains passionate about helping children gain access to better education. Following law school, Bill was Law Clerk to the Honorable Carl J. Barbier, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.
Bill and his wife Ellen reside in Shaker Heights. In his spare time, Bill enjoys running, baseball, and chasing after his four sons.