William S. Roberts provides thorough and effective legal representation for clients in both trial and appellate courts. He joined Mayer LLP after serving as a judicial law clerk and briefing attorney for the Hon. Chief Justice John M. Bailey and Hon. Justice W. Bruce Williams of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals of Texas. Will has experience representing individual clients and companies in an array of matters, including commercial disputes, personal injury defense, construction disputes, dram shop, medical malpractice, products liability, landlord-tenant issues, and a variety of others. 

In addition to his practice in trial courts, Will’s favorite area of practice is his active involvement as a member of the firm’s Appellate section, where he has represented clients in the Texas Supreme Court, several of the Texas intermediate courts of appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Will utilizes his knowledge gained as a former appellate judicial law clerk and litigation experience to help secure significant wins at both the trial and appellate level. Will is also frequently utilized by the rest of the firm to provide key assistance in strategy, error preservation, and the preparation of various pleadings including dispositive motions, trial briefs, jury charges, expert-related motions, and many other types of pleadings/briefing. 

While in law school, Will became a student-attorney in the Texas Tech Family Law and Housing Clinic, representing clients pro-bono in a variety of matters under the supervision of a licensed attorney. He also excelled in scholastic advocacy competitions, earning distinctions such as Top Appellate Brief Awards. Will also served as a Property Law Tutor for Professor Gerry Beyer and was a member of the Texas Tech Law Review. He gained invaluable legal experience during law school while assisting clients in various matters throughout the course of multiple legal internships and clerkships. Due to his diligence and passion for the law, Will graduated from law school summa cum laude and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.  Will now takes that same diligence and passion and applies it to each of his client’s cases.   

Services

• Appellate
• Litigation

Education

• Texas Tech School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2020
• Baylor University, B.A. in Philosophy, Minor in Music, 2016

Admissions

• State Bar of Texas, 2020
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas