Will’s practice is primarily focused on health care litigation and medical malpractice defense, with over fifteen years of experience across numerous venues and jurisdictions. His representation has included providers in the Texas Medical Center, premier health science universities, and providers serving rural communities in Texas and New Mexico. Will has also secured millions of dollars for clients in a variety of commercial disputes, including managed care reimbursement disputes, prompt pay violations, and breach of contract. Will has also successfully defended military contractors from toxic exposure claims arising out of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
After obtaining his Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University in 2000, Will moved to Houston to manage a business unit of a Dutch maritime company with profit and loss responsibility for vessels operating in Mexico, the Caribbean, and West Africa. Plans to move with the company to Europe were halted to pursue his bride and a law degree. The most important of those objectives was secured in 2004 and his Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law followed in 2006. During a clerkship in 2005, Will was recruited by B.J. Bell and the two have worked together ever since. In fact, they helped build one of the largest medical malpractice defense firms in Texas before becoming founding partners of Steward, PLLC d/b/a Whitaker Bell in 2022.
When not in the office, Will can be found coaching youth athletics or making memories with family and friends outdoors. He is a devoted husband, father of four fantastic kids and active in his local church.
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Whether representing premier health care institutions in the Texas Medical Center, leading health science universities, or providers who serve rural communities, we are passionate about healthcare and the providers who deliver it. Each matter is staffed with an in-house nurse legal consultant and prompt reviews from leading experts in the relevant fields are secured.
Such matters have included: successful litigation for a Fortune 500 company in a mixed breach of contract and products liability dispute related to oil country tubular goods (OCTG); securing injunctive relief and proceeding with subsequent litigation and appeals that saved a midstream gas pipeline in a breach of contract dispute; and successful verdict for a Fortune 500 company in commercial lease dispute that threatened the viability of its hospital.
Such matters include issues related to consent, guardianships, emergency detention orders, pandemic visitation guidance and enforcement, trespass warnings and threat prevention, law enforcement intervention, non-party subpoenas, and obtaining court orders for the provision of emergency medical treatment.
The revenue cycle assistance we provide ranges from enforcement actions against payors, coordination with state regulatory departments having jurisdiction over health insurers, and pursuing mediation and arbitration under managed care agreements or surprise billing legislation. Not only have our lawyers secured the recovery of millions of dollars, they have also been instrumental in several facilities staying in business so that they can continue serving their communities. New agreements have also been reached between payors and providers as a result of the work of our attorneys.
Such claims involve general premises liability litigation, including personal injury premises claims, malfunctioning equipment, alleged toxic exposures, negligent activity, and criminal activity on a premises.
Whether pursuing mandamus proceedings, interlocutory appeals, or petitions for review before the Texas Supreme Court, our attorneys have a track record of success at all appellate levels that has been built on excellent written submissions and oral advocacy.