About William C. Devine
William C. Devine II built a career that moves between engineering labs and courtrooms. He earned a J.D. from the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law in 2004 and completed an MBA at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas the same year. Earlier, he completed undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at Texas A&M — Prairie View A&M University. Those credentials underpin a practice that often sits at the crossing of technology and law.
Devine began his professional life in engineering roles. In the mid-1990s he worked as a senior systems engineer and then moved into network and systems consulting work. He held positions such as senior network consultant and director of engineering before starting his own consulting operation in the late 1990s. By 2000 he was serving in engineering leadership roles inside companies focused on broadband and semiconductor technologies, and in 2002 he worked as a senior consultant at P.G. Technology, Inc.
Law school and subsequent clerkship experience shifted his path toward legal practice. In 2005 he served as a summer judicial extern at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada and took on law clerk assignments in private firms. He later joined Armstrong Teasdale as a patent associate in 2008. That role drew on his engineering background and marked the beginning of a sustained focus on intellectual property work within his legal career.
Devine moved into private practice leadership over the next decade. He was a partner at firms that included Rainey Legal Group and Rainey Devine, Lawyers at Law beginning in 2009 and 2011 respectively. He became managing partner of Devine Law Office, PLLC in 2014. In 2021 he launched Devine Legal Group, where he is the lawyer-owner.
Outside of day-to-day practice he has taken on organizational roles. Since 2010 he has served as general counsel to the Silient Heroes of the Cold War Corporation. He acted as a barrister in the McKibben Inns of Court from 2012 until 2020. Early in his legal career he also served as a committee co-chairperson for the Clark County Bar Association in the mid-2000s.
His technical training and years in patent practice shape how he handles client matters that intersect engineering, technology and business. He represents clients on intellectual property questions and related commercial issues. He practices law in Nevada and leads Devine Legal Group, where his current work centers on IP and technology-related legal matters.
