William P. Krauss is a partner at Connell Foley whose practice focuses on the representation of clients in the areas of insurance, reinsurance and bad faith. Mr. Krauss  counsels insurers on a wide range of matters including construction defect exposures, environmental liability, professional liability, directors and officers liability and various personal lines risks. He has litigated complex insurance disputes in a variety of forums and alternate dispute resolution settings and has more than twenty years experience handling matters involving occurrence based and claims made coverage for liability and first party claims.

He has tried a wide range of matters including commercial and contract disputes, professional liability, products liability and bad faith claims. He has handled appeals throughout his career.

Mr. Krauss entered the private practice of law in 1984 after serving as a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. Following graduation from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was Director of the Moot Court Board, Mr. Krauss served as a law clerk to the Honorable Theodore W. Trautwein of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. He joined Wilson, Elser LLP in 1984 and moved to Connell Foley LLP in 2011 where he works in the Insurance Coverage Practice Group.

Mr. Krauss was recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of insurance coverage in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

He is a member of the Council on Litigation Management and lectures on insurance, claim handling and professional liability topics.