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About William Shinoff

William Shinoff is a trial lawyer who spent nine years representing school districts and public entities at a prominent Southern California public entity defense firm before transitioning to plaintiff work. A cum laude graduate of California Western School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the Law Review, he attended the University of Miami and University of Victoria before law school. He handles catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, wildfire litigation, mass torts, complex business litigation, and public entity cases including social media harm, insulin pricing, and large-scale data breach claims. He is licensed to practice in all California state and federal courts as well as in Texas.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$1.7 billionSettlement

Frantz Law Group, led by attorneys James Frantz and William Shinoff, represented nearly 1,000 public school districts across 38 states in multidistrict litigation against JUUL Labs, reaching a $1.7 billion settlement in 2023 that covered approximately 1,600 school districts, local governments, tribal entities, and individual consumers.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (MDL) · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

California Western School of Law
J.D. (cum laude)
University of Victoria, British Columbia
Undergraduate

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