William A. Posey

Bill Posey’s practice involves all aspects of litigation with particular emphasis in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and product liability litigation; insurance coverage; complex and multi-district litigation; and, being a pilot, aviation law, including aircraft accident litigation. He has been admitted pro hac vice to serve as lead trial counsel on behalf of clients in sophisticated litigation in more than thirty jurisdictions. Bill has been an Adjunct Professor at Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, coach for the University of Cincinnati College of Law national trial team, and has lectured on topics relating to accident reconstruction, use of experts, trial skills and strategies, damages, insurance coverage and bad faith issues.

Given Bill’s length and breadth of trial experience he is often asked to participate in trial research exercises by other lawyers, corporations and their insurers. Thus, he has developed a niche practice presenting the opposite side of cases in mock trials, focus groups and other panel exercises. These activities include playing the role of opposing counsel; video, PowerPoint and document presentations; cross examination of lay and expert witnesses; the creation of aggressive claims and damages presentations, and cross examination of the client’s key fact and expert witnesses. In these efforts Bill organizes a team of KMK lawyers with specific subject matter knowledge or trial expertise to assist in the efforts. Importantly for the client, while Bill works hard to give a full and fair presentation to the other side’s claims and/or defenses, he always plays within the rules of the exercise so that trial counsel, their clients and insurers, and trial or jury consultants test the theories and gain the knowledge which are the goals of the exercise.

Perhaps the greatest testament to Bill’s abilities is the decision of a publicly traded corporation, the leader in its industry, after Bill obtained a substantial compensatory and punitive damage award against it, to hire Bill for an East Coast product liability case with exposure in excess of $150,000,000. The company’s directive to Bill was to “try to do to the other side what you did to us”. Bill then led a national trial team on behalf of the client.