William "Bill" Clay

Partner
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Practice Areas

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Appeals
• Drug Trafficking
• Money Laundering
• International Criminal Law
• White-Collar/Business Crimes
• Witness Representation & Pre-Indictment/Pre-Arrest Representation of Suspects Under Investigation
• Grand Jury Practice
• Environmental Crimes
• Wiretap Cases

• Criminal Tax Cases
• Forfeitures
• Extraditions Representation
• Cooperation and Non-Cooperation Based Surrender and Plea Negotiations
• Insurance and Business Fraud
• Medicare and Healthcare Fraud
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Cases
• Pornography Defense
• Sexual Crimes Defense
• Alien-Smuggling Defense
• Trafficking-in-Persons Defense

Admitted: 1973, Florida; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1980, Federal Trial Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Washington; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Law School: University of Miami, J.D.; Under Graduate School : University of New Hampshire , B.A. Psychology  

Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (Past Director); Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Biography: Has been involved in numerous complex international criminal cases involving various countries, including, but not limited to Africa , Spain, Germany, England , Holland ,France, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Curacao , Aruba , Dominican Republic, Haiti, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay , Venezuela, Argentina , Chile ,  Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador , Bolivia  and Antigua.                       Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award in Evidence. Senior Trial Attorney, Miami- Dade County Public Defender's Office, Miami, Florida, 1973–1978. 1978 to present in the private practice of law.

Born: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Languages: Spanish