William D. Gohl

Will Gohl has represented clients at all stages of litigation in state and federal courts across the country. His experience includes preparing fact and expert witnesses, taking and defending depositions, drafting briefs and other written submissions, arguing Daubert motions and discovery matters, and developing legal, factual, and scientific narratives and demonstratives for mass torts, products liability, employment discrimination, and other complex commercial and personal injury matters.

Will joined Bartlit Beck in 2018 after completing clerkships with Judge Amul R. Thapar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Judge John Z. Lee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law and the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Representative Matters

Pratt & Whitney Acreage Litigation (S.D. Fla.)
Trial counsel for Pratt & Whitney in environmental tort cases involving more than $1 billion in alleged property damage and personal injury claims arising out of the declaration of a "cancer cluster" in a neighborhood near Pratt & Whitney's West Palm Beach facility.

Cotromano et al v. Pratt & Whitney
Obtained a defense verdict after a three-week trial on seven plaintiffs’ property diminution claims. Served as appellate counsel in the Eleventh Circuit, where defense verdict and denial of class certification were upheld.

Roundup® Litigation (various)
Trial counsel for Monsanto and Bayer defending the Roundup® products liability litigation. Plaintiffs alleged personal injuries, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, caused by Roundup® herbicide. Represented Monsanto in the MDL pending in the Northern District of California, and in state-court proceedings pending in Missouri, California, and other states.

EEOC v. FedEx Ground (W.D. Pa.)
Trial counsel for FedEx Ground in an enforcement action brought by the EEOC under the Americans With Disabilities Act. EEOC filed claims on behalf of roughly 300 deaf FedEx Ground package handlers from dozens of facilities around the country, alleging that FedEx Ground failed to provide a variety of reasonable accommodations to these employees, such as ASL interpreters at meetings. Bartlit Beck was brought in to take over the matter after nearly a decade of investigation, conciliation, and litigation with EEOC. Along with a team of lawyers from three different firms, Bartlit Beck crafted a strategy that led to a favorable settlement in May 2020, prior to a single deposition being taken. 

FedEx Ground Trucking Accident Litigation (various)
Trial counsel for FedEx Ground and independent service providers in complex trucking accident cases in state courts across the country.

Spirit AeroSystems v. Boeing (Superior Court, King County, WA)
Represented Spirit AeroSystems in $365 million breach of contract dispute with Boeing relating to Boeing's underpayments and certain warranty claims associated with parts Spirit manufactured for Boeing aircraft. Shortly after Spirit defeated Boeing's motion to dismiss, the parties agreed to dismiss the suit.