William E. Gericke joined the firm in June 1997 and is a Member in the Philadelphia office’s Subrogation & Recovery Department. Bill focuses his practice on the prosecution of complex fire, construction defect, product liability and water damage cases.

Bill is admitted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey. Bill has successfully tried cases in state and federal courts throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Puerto Rico by way of pro hac vice admission.

Bill is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations, and the National Fire Protection Association. He is also certified by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to serve as an arbitrator for cases in the Common Pleas Court. Bill is a frequent lecturer on subrogation related topics and the prosecution of fire, construction defect and product liability claims.

Bill earned his Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1984 and his law degree from Rutgers University in 1993 where he received the American Jurisprudence Award for Business Organizations.