About William
William Look earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University in 1975. At Santa Clara he took part in Moot Court and served on Law Review. Those experiences signaled an early emphasis on legal writing and appellate advocacy. He followed the J.D. with an LL.M. from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, awarded in 1981. The additional degree indicates an interest in further study and a deepening of his legal training.
Look’s academic record frames the beginning of a long career in the law. His time on Law Review points to close work on research, editing and citations. Moot Court participation suggests courtroom practice in argument and oral advocacy. Together, they outline a lawyer comfortable with both the written brief and the spoken presentation.
After finishing his formal studies, Look moved into practice. Publicly available records confirm his degrees and the years in which they were completed. Over the decades since, his work has unfolded in the context of a changing legal landscape. Courts, statutes and professional expectations have shifted, and a career that began in the mid-1970s necessarily adapted to new procedural rules and technological change.
Colleagues and clients have noted the kind of skills typically associated with his background: careful legal research, attention to drafting, and courtroom preparation. Those abilities are common among lawyers who served on Law Review and Moot Court, and they tend to show up in litigation files, appellate briefs and transactional documents. Look’s education offered the tools for those tasks, and his subsequent practice provided the setting in which to apply them.
Outside the specifics of any single case, his trajectory illustrates a familiar path in the profession: rigorous study, early practical training, then decades of practice that touch on many aspects of the law. He has worked in an era that saw major shifts in civil procedure, discovery practice and legal technology. That context shaped the day-to-day work of lawyers who began their careers at the same time.
As of 2026, Look continues to practice law and focuses his efforts on client representation and legal counsel in matters that arise from his long experience in the field.
