William H. Hoch to lead federal bar chapter

Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City), Aug 17, 2006 by Journal Record Staff

William H. Hoch has been selected as president-elect of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association in 2007.

The professional organization has 326 members, including district and appellate judges, government attorneys, private practitioners and law professors.

Hoch, an attorney and director with Crowe & Dunlevy since 1995, will be president elect from Oct. 1 through Oct. 1, 2007 and then president through Oct. 1, 2008.

"I believe strongly that the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma is the best federal district in the nation in which to practice," he said.

Hoch is a graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned his juris doctorate in 1993. Hoch is the former chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Homelessness & Poverty and a current member of the American Bar Association's Government Affairs Committee.

His practice has concentrated on bankruptcy, commercial litigation, copyright and trademark infringement, and antitrust litigation.