William Russell Price

Veteran San Diego litigator and trial attorney specializing in major injury, civil rights, employment, and business law.

Will Price is a Partner at Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP specializing in civil litigation, employment law compliance and litigation, and business law. Will has first-chaired litigation teams for more than 25 years, and is committed to providing outstanding service and results. Will is admitted to all state and federal courts in California and the United States Supreme Court.

Will served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California from 2007-2019. He was the top trial attorney for both the Employment and Tort Sections of the San Diego Office, representing major state agencies and officials in high-value government tort liability, law enforcement defense, and complex employment litigation. Will won every trial and appeal during his tenure and received the 2018 Attorney General’s Award for Outstanding Client Representation following two major trial wins in law enforcement civil rights cases.

In private practice (1994-2007), Will represented companies and individuals in personal injury, civil rights, wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower, unfair competition, and breach of contract cases. He obtained multiple six and seven-figure results for individual clients and was undefeated as a defense attorney. Will founded, managed, and served on boards of several ventures, and provided strategic legal and business services to a variety of industries.