Bill Boyce

Bill Boyce is a partner at Alexander Dubose and Jefferson LLP in Houston, Texas, where he pursues a wide-ranging appellate practice and serves as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association.

He served as a justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston for 11 years after practicing law for 18 years as an associate and partner at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. He has been selected as Appellate Judge of the Year by the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists.

While in private practice he has argued more than 80 cases in appellate courts throughout Texas and across the country, including the United States Supreme Court.

Bill graduated with honors from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1985. Before attending law school, he worked at newspapers in Illinois and Oregon. He graduated with honors from Northwestern University School of Law in 1988 and was a law clerk for the Hon. W. Eugene Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

He is vice-chair of the Judicial Commission on Mental Health; a member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee; an elected member of the American Law Institute; a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Houston Law Center; a longtime member of the State Bar of Texas and Houston Bar Association appellate practice sections; and a frequent CLE speaker. He is a recipient of the Sam Cochran Criminal Justice Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Bill’s community involvement includes prior service as the board chair of Healthcare for the Homeless Houston, and of Breakthrough Houston.