William L. (Bill) Dunker is an aggressive business attorney with extensive experience in complex business transactions in the engineering, technology, energy, environmental and general business sectors. His practice is focused principally in the areas of corporate, business, transactional, environmental, and engineering and construction law.

Bill began his legal career with the Tennessee Valley Authority where he served as lead licensing counsel in the Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant licensing proceeding and as assistant licensing counsel for the Hartsville and Yellow Creek nuclear projects. Bill then joined the legal department of the Coastal Corporation, where he served as Manager of the Refining and Environmental Law Group, handling permitting and environmental compliance matters for Coastal's domestic and foreign refineries, its oil pipelines, terminals, and related operations; litigation management; HR matters; and contracting and operational support matters related to the refineries, including all engineering and construction contracting for major refinery projects. While at Coastal, Bill also served as General Counsel for Belcher Oil Company where his responsibilities included all legal operations of this $1.5 Billion retail and wholesale marketing, refining, and terminalling company. His Belcher activities included business contracting, marketing, antitrust, environmental compliance, and acquisitions. Bill negotiated and closed the acquisitions of four refineries, several major pipelines, two multi-state chains of convenience stores, and numerous other facilities while at Coastal.

In 1989, Bill joined Dames & Moore (now URS Corporation) where he was a Principal, Vice President, and Division Counsel with responsibility for legal and regulatory matters affecting the Eastern U.S. operations of this major, diverse engineering, consulting, and construction company. His personal activities included negotiating major business relationships (acquisitions, joint ventures, partnering agreements, limited liability companies, etc.), risk management, dispute resolution/litigation management, and engineering, construction, and technology contracting. As a result, Bill gained extensive experience in corporate acquisitions, engineering and construction-related business matters, technical and general contracting, technology transfer and licensing agreements, and environmental compliance matters.

Bill is a member of the Florida, Tennessee, and Texas Bars. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law. While at the University of Tennessee, Bill was Editor in Chief of the Tennessee Law Review and Order of the Coif.

Bill served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Nuclear Submarine Service.