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Memberships and Affiliations

Member, Federal Judicial Nominating Committee Designated to Recommend Appointees for Three Federal Judicial Vacancies in the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2010

Member, Merit Selection Panel Designated by the Federal District Court to Recommend an Appointee to Serve as the Full-time Magistrate Judge in Harrisburg. 2009

General Counsel, Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania

Past President, Central Pennsylvania Chapter, Federal Bar Association

Former Chairman, Governmental Law Section, Dauphin County Bar Association

Former Chair, Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Former Secretary and Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, Lackawanna Bar Association

Education

J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1976, cum laude

B.S.E., Princeton University, 1968

Bar Admission(s)

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William W. Warren, Jr.

Partner
Harrisburg
2 North Second Street, 7th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1619

Bill Warren is a member of the Project and Resource Development Department and the firm's Construction, Real Estate and Government Contracts practice groups. He has worked extensively on governmental procurement of technology, equipment, commodities and services, and public, nonprofit and private construction programs, as a commercial litigator in the federal Middle District of Pennsylvania, and in a wide variety of state administrative law matters.

Bill represents technology vendors, design firms, and contractors in state construction and technology procurement contract negotiations and dispute resolution processes. He also represents school districts, counties, cities, municipalities and authorities in contracting and construction matters.  

Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Bill was Chief Counsel in the Pennsylvania Department of General Services where he was responsible for the legal aspects of the Commonwealth's building construction, commodity procurement and leasing programs. Bill was thereafter appointed Chief of Litigation in the Office of the General Counsel, responsible for monitoring and supervising significant litigation involving the executive agencies such as Transportation, General Services, and Environmental Protection, Insurance, Revenue, and Public Welfare.

Bill is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania.

Experience

  • Represented a public owner in a $450 million expansion of a convention center, preparing professional service agreements and construction contracts used in bidding

  • Represented a state agency in connection with $15 million in construction claims related to $150 million East Wing expansion of state Capitol Building

  • Served as special counsel for construction matters in connection with a $200 million renovation and expansion program for Harrisburg School District

  • Advised a technology vendor in connection with the creation of a $200 million public safety radio network

  • Provides legal advice and representation to information technology companies and other service providers before state agencies

  • Provides special counsel services to school districts, counties, and other public entities on school, prison, and other building construction projects valued in excess of $1 billion

  • Serves as local counsel in connection with commercial litigation matters in the U.S.D.C. for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, based upon his experience as a federal law clerk, as a commercial litigator and as a past president of the Middle District's Federal Bar Association