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William R. "Bill"
Jansen

  • Of Counsel
wjansen@wnj.com
Detroit
T 313.546.6022
M 517.282.7040
F 248.603.9622

My admin

I’m told I’m a highly effective oral advocate and negotiator, and I can be doggedly aggressive when that’s the appropriate approach. My engineering background enables me to get up to speed quickly on technical and scientific issues and use that insight to my clients’ advantage.

The recipient of numerous awards from prominent ranking agencies and widely known for big wins in high-stakes lawsuits, veteran litigator Bill Jansen practices in the areas of commercial litigation, business law, commercial law, condemnation law and antitrust law. He enjoys serving as an advisor who solves problems and offers positive, proactive counsel to national and international companies, including automotive suppliers, on a variety of commercial, contractual and compliance issues. In addition, large organizations often ask Bill to lead complex internal investigations and report directly to their boards and senior management with his findings.

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  • Counsel for Consumers Energy Co., Michigan’s largest publicly owned utility.
  • Successful co-lead trial counsel for Consumers Energy in billion dollar claim brought by the Michigan Attorney General, before the Michigan Public Service Commission; won by Consumers Energy on all counts.
  • Counsel for several automotive suppliers in the Auto Parts Antitrust Investigation (Criminal and Civil).
  • Counsel for Vector Pipeline LP in the statewide acquisition by condemnation of properties for the installation of a 42-inch interstate natural gas pipeline. Involved in multiple separate lawsuits and hundreds of individual acquisitions.
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  • Counsel for Consumers Energy Co., Michigan’s largest publicly owned utility.
  • Successful co-lead trial counsel for Consumers Energy in billion dollar claim brought by the Michigan Attorney General, before the Michigan Public Service Commission; won by Consumers Energy on all counts.
  • Counsel for several automotive suppliers in the Auto Parts Antitrust Investigation (Criminal and Civil).
  • Counsel for Vector Pipeline LP in the statewide acquisition by condemnation of properties for the installation of a 42-inch interstate natural gas pipeline. Involved in multiple separate lawsuits and hundreds of individual acquisitions.
  • Counsel for Robert Bosch LLC and other clients in condemnation related proceedings.
  • Outside counsel for Robert Bosch in $250 million dispute with OEM concerning alleged brake system defaults.
  • Counsel for Robert Bosch and affiliates in multiple customer- supplier based disputes.
  • Counsel for MAHLE Industries Inc. and affiliates in customer-supplier related issues, contacting issues, litigation issues and commercial issues.
  • Lead counsel for Daewoo (America) Corp. in multiple customer-supplier based disputes
  • Principal outside counsel for Putsch GmbH, RECARO Aircraft Seating, and RECARO Child Safety.
  • Principal outside counsel for JATCO, Inc. on multiple customer-supplier related issues.
  • Counsel for multiple automotive suppliers during bankruptcies of GM, Chrysler and major suppliers.
  • Successful lead trial counsel for Consumers Energy in massive coverage litigation against Lloyd’s of London and London Market Insurer.
  • Successful lead trial counsel for The Detroit News in major defamation action brought against it by program manager of $1.5 billion Capital Funding Program, dismissed on a no cause.
  • Coordinated more than 170 complex “stray voltage” cases on behalf of Consumers Energy. Served as lead trial counsel in excess of 18 such cases and was chief negotiator and appellate counsel in all cases.
  • Successful lead trial counsel for Lear Corp. and Keiper Recaro, a major German-based international automotive component manufacturer, in a multimillion-dollar international supplier lawsuit.
  • Successful lead trial counsel for Port Huron Hospital in multimillion-dollar arbitration proceedings against Mercy Hospital involving inpatient and outpatient heart programs.
  • Special arbitrator and facilitative mediator for Washington Power & Light, Georgia Power Co., Indiana & Michigan Power Co., Northern States Power Co., Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Iowa Power & Light and Thumb Electric Cooperative in complex electrical power distribution cases.
  • Successful trial counsel for Consumers Energy in six-week U.S. Tax Court case involving nine figure exposure on accrual revenue reporting issue.
  • Counsel for Keiper Enterprises and Keiper Delta Seat Components in multimillion-dollar dispute with motor supplier.
  • Successful trial counsel for Pillsbury Co., Green Giant Co., Dean Foods Co. and Borden Foods in antitrust litigation involving the design, manufacture and pricing of folding cartons and corrugated containers.
  • Trial counsel for Standard Oil of Ohio and Reserve Oil and Minerals involving the design and implementation of a massive uranium mine in multimillion-dollar litigation against Gulf Oil Corporation.
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William R. "Bill"
Jansen

  • Of Counsel
wjansen@wnj.com
Detroit
T 313.546.6022
M 517.282.7040
F 248.603.9622

My admin

Biography|
Credentials

I’m told I’m a highly effective oral advocate and negotiator, and I can be doggedly aggressive when that’s the appropriate approach. My engineering background enables me to get up to speed quickly on technical and scientific issues and use that insight to my clients’ advantage.

The recipient of numerous awards from prominent ranking agencies and widely known for big wins in high-stakes lawsuits, veteran litigator Bill Jansen practices in the areas of commercial litigation, business law, commercial law, condemnation law and antitrust law. He enjoys serving as an advisor who solves problems and offers positive, proactive counsel to national and international companies, including automotive suppliers, on a variety of commercial, contractual and compliance issues. In addition, large organizations often ask Bill to lead complex internal investigations and report directly to their boards and senior management with his findings.

industries

practices