Bill H. Seki

Bill Seki has been on both sides of the courtroom and the classroom - as a prosecutor and defense attorney, and as a student and professor. After graduating from Southwestern, he served for nearly a decade as a Deputy Los Angeles District Attorney. He went on to become a partner in the firm of Mounger, Gonda & Seki and Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter where he handled state and federal criminal defense cases, with an emphasis on the representation of law enforcement officers. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Seki, Nishimura & Watase, LLP, where his practice includes criminal defense, business, labor, and employment litigation.

For over two decades, Professor Seki has also continued his close association with Southwestern as a student, alumnus, and faculty member. While a law student at Southwestern, he chaired the Moot Court Honors Program Board of Governors. Within just a few years after graduating, he returned to the law school as a member of the adjunct faculty to team-teach Trial Advocacy and serve as an advisor to the school's interscholastic trial advocacy teams with his fellow alum, Professor Joseph Esposito. They were jointly awarded Southwestern's first annual Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000. In 2004, Professor Seki served as the keynote speaker at Southwestern's Orientation Program for new students. He was named Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Trial Advocacy Honors Program in 2009.