William H. “Bill” Oliver has practiced law for more than 35 years and comes from a long line of Oliver lawyers in San Antonio beginning with his grandfather, Herbert Oliver, in 1921, and his father, uncle, brother and daughter. The primary focus of his career has been business law through many different business cycles, beginning with a real estate transaction and commercial lending practice during the 1980s, followed by a workout and bankruptcy practice into the early 1990s, and evolving into a business practice that included state and federal court litigation, business entity formation, and transactions.  

Bill is a “go to” business litigation specialist, and his trial skills have earned him the confidence of clients in many other areas as well, including complicated real estate litigation and complex commercial litigation. While the common thread throughout Bill’s diverse law career has been business-oriented cases, he routinely represents clients in contested probate and estate litigation and in oil and gas disputes.

Texas, 1983
US District Court – Northern District of Texas, 1983
US District Court – Western District of Texas, 1986
US District Court – Southern District of Texas, 1991
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995

Life Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Top Trial Lawyers in America® (Selected by Million Dollar Advocates Forum, LLC)
America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® (Selected by America’s Top 100 LLC)
Texas Super Lawyers® (Multi-year designation)
San Antonio Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Who’s Who in American Law (Selected by Marquis Who’s Who)

Southern Methodist University – Bachelor of Business Administration, with accounting emphasis, 1980 | Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1980 | Doctor of Jurisprudence, Order of the Coif, 1983 *Board of Editors of the Southwestern Law Journal

Transfers in Fraud of Creditor: When Do Common Planning Techniques Cross the Line?, presented at the William W Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute.