
William H. Taft V
Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Professional Bio
Mr. Taft is named a Future Star by Benchmark Litigation (2021).
Mr. Taft joined the firm in 2005. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Taft clerked for the Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr. when Justice Alito served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Taft received a J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law in 2004, and a B.A. from Yale University in 2000.
Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Taft worked at the RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C. He is a co-author of the study “Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations,” RAND Corporation, 2003.
Mr. Taft was admitted to the New York bar in 2005. He is a member of the American Society of International Law and has served on the International Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), the Program Committee of the Federal Bar Council, the board of Manhattan Legal Services, and is Co-Chair of the board of Every Vote Counts, a national student-led voting rights organization.
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