William Hughes is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP and is a member of the Estates & Trusts Practice. He counsels clients on all matters of estate planning and wealth transfer planning; estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes; fiduciary and personal income taxes; probate; and estate and trust administration.

Mr. Hughes has been integral to establishing the Wisconsin Wills for Heroes program, a national program designed to provide eligible emergency personnel (publicly employed or volunteer police officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics) with free estate planning documents to protect themselves and their families. He is also a member of the Creative Council for FUEL Milwaukee and is a member of the board of directors for the Milwaukee County Winter Farmers Market.

Mr. Hughes earned his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2008), where he was note and comment editor for the Journal of Corporation Law. He is the author of ""Stock Options Springloading: An Examination of Loaded Justifications and New SEC Disclosure Rules"" 33 J. Corp. L. 777 (2008), for which he was awarded the Randy J. Holland Award for Corporate Scholarship. Mr. Hughes obtained his undergraduate degree in economics and finance from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business (B.B.A., with honors and highest distinction, 2005).