William S. (Bill) Price is an attorney in the Litigation Department and a member of the Firm’s Tribal and Labor and Employment practice groups. He represents individuals and both privately-held and public companies in a wide range of civil, regulatory, and criminal litigation matters.
Bill has received numerous honors and awards including Outstanding Assistant U.S. Attorney for 1977, 1978, 1979; Commendations of the Directors of the FBI, IRS, and Inspector General of Health and Human Services; the United States Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for his prosecution of the County Commissioner corruption scandal, the largest political corruption case in the nation's history; the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award and the Man of the Year Award from the Oklahoma State Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse both in 1989.
He earlier served as an Assistant to Judge Alfred P. Murrah. Bill was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Oklahoma 1975-1982 and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma 1982-1989. He was on the U.S. Attorneys’ Advisory Committees to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, The National Environmental Enforcement Council, and on various committees of the Department of Justice including Public Corruption, Drug Education, Criminal Tax, and Indian Affairs. In 1990, Bill was the Republican Nominee for Governor.
Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Bill lives there with his wife, Mary. He has two daughters and a son. What he enjoys most about his law practice is seeing the difference made when justice prevails. Despite the challenges of having a private law practice and running a family oil and gas business, Bill makes time to be a passionate and committed member of the community. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and helping youth, especially the disadvantaged. Bill also has a great interest in domestic and foreign policy issues.