324 North Robinson Avenue Suite 100
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Phone: 405.239.6692
Dallas
2525 McKinnon Street, Suite 425
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214.420.2163
William H. Hoch is a director at Crowe & Dunlevy where he has practiced since 1995. He splits his time primarily between the Oklahoma City and Dallas/Ft. Worth offices. Will is a graduate of The Catholic University of America and concentrates his practice in the areas of creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, receiverships, oil and gas litigation, will and trusts litigation, and foreclosure, as well as general commercial litigation. Will often represents clients in the oil and gas, banking, mortgage lending and mortgage servicing industries.
Will is chair of the Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights practice group for Crowe & Dunlevy. He is co-founder and chair emeritus of the firm’s Diversity Committee and served on the firm’s Executive Committee from 2007-2013. He also serves as the co-chair of the firm’s Government Relations, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. Will is a member of the Oklahoma, Texas, New York and Arizona Bar Associations. As a dedicated member of these professional organizations, he served on several committees, including the Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral and the Section of Litigation Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Committee for the American Bar Association and is a delegate in the American Bar Association House of Delegates.
Active in the community, Will is the immediate past chairman of the board of the City Rescue Mission, Oklahoma’s largest homeless shelter. He served on the board of directors for the Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma and the board of governors for the Catholic University of America.
Named Oklahoma Super Lawyers Top 10 (2016 – Present)
Inducted as a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Class of 2015
Named Best Lawyers 2016 and 2020 Lawyer of the Year (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights and Insolvency and Reorganization)
Awarded Corporate Counsel Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights and Commercial Litigation (2008 – Present)
Listed in Best Lawyers Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (2007 – Present)
Received the Leadership in Law Award, The Journal Record (2006 and 2014)
AV-rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by Martindale Hubbell
Outstanding Service to the Public Award, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2006
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies of Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Martindale Hubbell publications.
Honorable Richard L. Bohanon, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, Law Clerk
Honorable Marian Opala, Oklahoma State Supreme Court, Law Clerk
Honorable Glenn English, U.S. House of Representatives, Legislative Assistant
Lord Kennet, House of Lords, Research Assistant
SDP/Liberal Alliance Candidate J. Malcolm Dean, Campaign Headquarters Manager
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Washington, DC
J.D., 1993
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
B.A., 1988
Honors:
Dean's List
Phi Alpha Theta
President & V.P., Undergraduate Student Government
Martha Comiskey Award
Blue Key Service Award
Texas, 2017
New York, 2015
Arizona, 2012
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2011
U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 2011
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Arkansas, 2011
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2011
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2009
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit, 1999
U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1993
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1993
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1993
Member, New National Convention Committee, Federal Bar Association (2011 - 2014)
Member, Government Affairs Committee, Federal Bar Association (2009 - 2011)
Chair, Pro Bono Committee, Federal Bar Association (2005 - 2007 and 2009)
Co-Chair, Annual Meeting Oklahoma City Chamber, Federal Bar Association (2008 - 2009)
President, Oklahoma City Chapter, Federal Bar Association (2007 - 2008)
Member, Standing Committee on Government Affairs, Federal Bar Association (2005 - 2008)
Member, American Bar Association (1995 - Present)
Member, Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral, American Bar Association (2011 - Present)
Member, Section of Litigation Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Committee, American Bar Association (2003 - Present)
Member, Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress, American Bar Association, (2008 - 2011)
Member, Standing Committee on Government Affairs, American Bar Association (2005 - 2008)
Chair and Member, Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, American Bar Association (1999 - 2005)
Member, Oklahoma Bar Association (1993 - Present)
Member, Federal Bar Association (2000 - Present)
Delegate, Delegate to the American Bar Association, 2014
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute (1995 - Present)
Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court (1995 - 1997)
William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court (1999 - 2000)
Member, International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Member, Turnaround Management Association
Named Top 10 Oklahoma Super Lawyers (2016 - Present)
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, Class of 2015
Leadership in Law Award, The Journal Record, 2006 and 2014
Ranked in Oklahoma Super Lawyers in Business Litigation, Creditor Debtor Rights, Bankruptcy (2009 - Present)
Corporate Counsel (2008 - Present)
Listed in Best Lawyers in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law (2007 - Present)
Named Best Lawyers 2022 Lawyer of the Year (OKC) in Litigation – Bankruptcy
Named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year (OKC) in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2016, 2020)
Named Best Lawyers 2021 Lawyer of the Year (OKC) in Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
AV-rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by Martindale Hubbell
Outstanding Service to the Public Award, Oklahoma Bar Association (2006)
Joe Stamper Distinguished Service Award, Oklahoma Bar Association (2019)
Co-Author, "Peace of Mind in a Volatile Marketplace," OIPA, March 2015
Author, "Because We Can: Using Our Legal Skills to End Homelessness," Lawyers Working to End Homelessness, August 5, 2006
Speaker, Kuntz Conference, November 4, 2016, Oklahoma City, OK
Speaker, Oklahoma Society of CPAs 2016 Oil and Gas Conference, October 2016
Speaker, "Energy Loan Workouts and Restructuring", Oklahoma Bankers Association, June 2016, Tulsa, OK
Panelist, 2016 Lex Mundi Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group Roundtable and Meeting, July 2016
Speaker, Oklahoma Society of CPAs 2015 Oil and Gas Conference, August 2015 - August 2016
"Everything You Wanted to Know About Chapter 11 Reorganizations but were Afraid to Ask," NALS Professional Development and Education Conference, March 2010
Speaker, "Doing Business with China Alternative Dispute Resolution," Crowe & Dunlevy Seminar, October 8, 2014, Oklahoma City, OK
Speaker, "Plan Support Agreements and Bankruptcy Issues Affecting Oil and Gas Companies," Oklahoma County Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Meeting, May 20, 2015, Oklahoma City, OK
Adjunct Professor of Law, "Federal Bankruptcy Law," University of Oklahoma College of Law, Spring 2005 and Spring 2007
Adjunct Professor of Law, "Bankruptcy," University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2004
Adjunct Professor of Law, "Federal Practice and Procedures," University of Oklahoma College of Law, Spring 2001
Adjunct Professor, "Pre-Trial Litigation," University of Oklahoma College of Law (2000 - 2001)
Immediate Past Chairman and Member of the Board, City Rescue Mission, (2005 - Present)
Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma, (2006 - 2010)
Board of Governors, The Catholic University of America (1995 - 1998)
