Professor William B. Mateja

Mateja, William B. Adjunct Professor of Law Dallas: 214.760.6101 Washington D.C.: 202.626.7709 mateja@fr.com

Bill Mateja is currently a principal in the Dallas and Washington D.C. offices of Fish & Richardson where his practice focuses on white collar defense, securities litigation, and business litigation.

Prior to returning to private practice, Bill spent 13 years with the U.S. Department of Justice culminating in his appointment as Senior Counsel to Deputy Attorneys General Larry Thompson and James Comey (2003-04) in which he oversaw the Justice Department’s white collar crime efforts, including its corporate and health care fraud efforts. Because the Deputy Attorney General was Chair of President Bush’s Corporate Fraud Task Force, Bill served as the point person for the Task Force and was responsible for its day-to-day operations.

Bill previously served as Counsel to the Director for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (2002-03) and continued to serve as an Assistant U. S. Attorney while on assignment to Main Justice, having served in such capacity with the Northern District of Texas since 1991. As a federal prosecutor, Bill prosecuted and tried many of the Northern District’s most complex and sophisticated white collar crime and fraud cases.

Prior to entering government service, Bill was a trial lawyer with the Dallas office of Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon. His practice focused on banking, real estate, and bankruptcy litigation (1986-91).

Bill serves as an adjunct professor of law at the Texas Tech University School of Law (1995-2002, 2006), where he teaches corporate and white collar crime, civil and criminal pretrial litigation, and trial advocacy. He is a former President of the Texas Young Lawyers Association (1997-98) and a former member of the State Bar of Texas’ Executive Committee and Board of Directors (1996-99).

Degrees

B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1983

J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 19867

Courses

Corporate and White Collar Crime, Civil and Criminal Pretrial Litigation, and Trial Advocacy