Education

Law School/Year: University of Virginia School of Law, 1986

College/Year: Stanford University, 1981

Bar Admissions

California; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Practice Areas

Corporate Business

Major Cases

William Eigner’s practice emphasizes venture capital and the financing, governing, operating, buying, selling and merging of growing technology and other businesses. His practice further encompasses corporate and business transactions, including matters relating to telecommunications, electronic commerce, energy, biotechnology, corporate governance, franchising, employment and independent contractor issues, intellectual property protection, competitive business practices, securities, and business structuring and financing. Eigner also has significant experience in handling contractual and political issues involving telecommunications companies and independent power producers.

Professional Background

In 1981, Eigner served as a U.S. Supreme Court Judicial Intern. In 2006, The Daily Transcript selected him as one of San Diego’s 120 Top Influentials -- "a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events in San Diego’s business community.” And, in 2004, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce selected him as Volunteer Advocate of the Year.

Professional Affiliations

Eigner serves as a director of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the chamber’s Public Policy Committee. He is a member of the San Diego Venture Group and a director of CommNexus, where he serves as secretary. Eigner serves on the board of the publicly traded Mundoval Fund mutual fund (MUNDX). He also serves on the board of advisers of integrated circuit design firm QuantumThink Group Inc. He is a member of the board of trustees of La Jolla Country Day School. Eigner is also a former trustee and land use chairman of the La Jolla Town Council.

Personal Affiliations

Eigner is the author of “Lobbying Guidelines," which was distributed to the San Diego City Council and other San Diego boards and commissions by former San Diego City Attorneys John Witt and Casey Guinn, and is co-author of "Lobbying Guidelines and Rules for Ex Parte Contact," which was published in California Real Property Journal. He is also co-author of “Committees of the Board of Directors: An Overview," which was presented to the International Forum for Corporate Directors.

Personal Background

Eigner was born in Dover, Ohio in 1959.