William A. Burck

William A. Burck is a Global Co-Managing Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, whose practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, government investigations, crisis management, and complex litigation. He represents companies, boards, and senior executives in criminal, civil, congressional, regulatory, and parallel investigations. His work covers FCPA matters, securities laws, antitrust, market manipulation, whistleblower claims, the False Claims Act, government contracting, export controls, national security, and cross-border enforcement proceedings.

William earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. He received his B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University. After law school, he clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He later clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the US Supreme Court.

William previously served as Special Counsel and Deputy Counsel to President George W. Bush. In that role, he advised the President and senior White House officials on investigations, national security, foreign affairs, and constitutional issues. He previously served as a senior official in the DOJ Criminal Division and as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York. His prosecution experience included white-collar cases and jury trials.

William A. Burck brings extensive trial, enforcement, and regulatory experience to disputes involving government agencies and international authorities. He handles securities, antitrust, political, commercial, and transnational litigation alongside investigations and crisis matters. His official profile lists recognition from Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Law360, Lawdragon, and other legal publications. He is admitted in New York, Washington, D.C., the US Supreme Court, and several federal appellate and district courts.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Member, Public Interest Declassification Board
• Member, Bar of the City of New York
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Council
• Member, International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
• Member, The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
• Member, Governing Board of Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School
• Member, Board of Directors, Fox Corporation

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• New York

Education

• Yale Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Yale University
  BA with Magna Cum Laude

Awards & Badges