William A. Kershaw

Sacramento, California

Attorney William A. Kershaw is a founding partner in the law firm of Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP in Sacramento, CA. He has over 30 years of experience serving clients, and earned a statewide and national reputation for providing exceptional legal representation and personal service in matters involving products liability, drug litigation, complex litigation, and other mass tort and personal injury matters.

He is highly effective against formidable opponents: he has won judgments totaling nearly $1 billion, including a $330 million class action victory against American Honda Motor Co., a $211,470,000 settlement against BMW of North America, LLC, and an $87 million judgment against United Parcel Service in a wage dispute. He is currently serving as lead class counsel against PricewaterhouseCoopers in a wage and hour class action. In addition, he is now simultaneously serving on the Plaintiff's Steering Committee for the In re Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2441), and the DePuy ASR™ Hip System Cases (MDL No. 2197).

He is selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer for 10 consecutive years, Sacramento Business Journal's Best of the Bar 2014 , AVVO Superb Rated Attorney, and is AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell*.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

  • Work
    • Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff LLP
  • Education
    • Juris Doctor, Santa Clara University School of Law, 1972