William A. Muñoz is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP Sacramento office. Mr. Muñoz is a civil trial attorney and third-party neutral with over 25 years of experience defending attorneys, and other professionals such as architects and engineers, real estate agents/brokers, real estate appraisers, and insurance brokers, as well as defending personal injury, toxic torts, products liability, defamation, wrongful termination/harassment, wage and hour and discrimination claims.
Mr. Muñoz is a certified specialist in Legal Malpractice Law by the California State Board of Specialization and is currently a member of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (“COPRAC”) where the Committee interprets and issues opinions regarding legal ethics and the California Rules of Professional Conduct. Mr. Muñoz also serves as an arbitrator for the State Bar’s Mandatory Fee Arbitration program. Mr. Muñoz previously served as the Chair for the Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission for the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization responsible for preparing and grading the legal malpractice legal specialization examination as well as assessing the qualifications of potential applicants seeking the legal malpractice law specialization designation and recertification. He has presented locally and nationally on issues of legal malpractice, conflicts of interests and legal ethics and currently has a quarterly column in the Association of Defense Counsel for Northern California and Nevada’s Defense Comment entitled “The Lawyer’s Lawyer” addressing issues of legal malpractice avoidance and legal ethics. Mr. Muñoz acts as an expert witness on ethical issues and standard of care issues in legal malpractice and attorney-client fee disputes.
Mr. Munoz also has an active employment litigation practice representing employers in claims for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation, race, gender, religious, age, pregnancy, and disability discrimination. His employment practice also includes defending employers regarding wage and hour and pay stub violations and miscellaneous torts such as defamation claims.