Profilo
With nearly 30 years of deep experience, clients seek out Will Prochot to litigate cases brought under the Black Lung Benefits Act before the Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges, Benefits Review Board and various federal circuit courts. He has broad experience litigating complex medical, insurance and administrative law issues both at trial and on appeal. He has represented numerous mining and insurance companies at hundreds of trials and hearings. He also has robust experience challenging the validity of agency regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Concentrations
- Agency litigation
- Rulemaking challenges
- Administrative law and procedure
- Black lung benefits
- Insurance coverage disputes
- HIPAA/privacy issues
- Attorney's fee litigation
Competenze
Riconoscimenti e Premi
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Formazione
Formazione
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Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Regional Finalist, Jessup International Moot Court
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Diploma di maturità, History and Political Science, Northwestern University
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Dean's List
- Evans Scholarship
Tirocinio presso una Corte
- Law Clerk, American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia, PA, September 1994-May 1996
- Law Clerk, Office of the State’s Attorney, County of Cook, Civil Actions Bureau, Torts Division, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
Abilitazioni
- District of Columbia
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia