Court Connection
Volume No. 9 – Issue No. 4
October 2020
William J. Simonitsch Joins Region 21 Team
as Assistant U.S. Trustee, Orlando Office of U.S. Trustee
By: Nancy J. Gargula, United States Trustee, Regions 10 and 21
It is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce William (“Bill”) J. Simonitsch who
has joined the Region 21 Team as the Assistant U. S. Trustee (“AUST”) in our Orlando
Office. Bill brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new responsibilities
as AUST. As a former partner with K&L Gates, LLP, where he worked for 17 years,
he has represented secured and unsecured creditors, debtors and asset purchasers in
bankruptcy proceedings, assignments for the benefit of creditors, commercial
foreclosures, and judgment enforcement actions. Bill also has extensive trial and
arbitration experience for a wide array of industries in state and federal commercial
lawsuits and arbitrations nationwide. He also served as interim in-house counsel for
a firm client that was a publicly traded company with nationwide operations. Bill has
held a variety of leadership positions in the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the
Southern District of Florida, the American Bar Association, and the National Asian
Pacific American Bar Association, including serving as President for the 2013-2014
term. He also served on the Unincorporated Business Entities Study Group in
connection with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Bill received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Florida State
University. His Juris Doctor degree was conferred, magna cum laude, by the
University of Miami School of Law, where he served on the Law Review Editorial
Board and was a member of the Order of the Coif. Bill and his family recently
relocated from Miami to Celebration, Florida.
We are very pleased to have Bill joining the United States Trustee Program and our
Region 21 Team and know that with his breadth of knowledge and experience he will
bring great value to the important work of the United States Trustee Program. I hope
you will join me in welcoming AUST Bill Simonitsch to the Middle District of Florida.
I would also like to extend a very special thank you to AUST Charlie Edwards who
has served as the Acting AUST and led the Orlando Team since April of this year,
while also carrying out his many duties as AUST in the Tallahassee Office. Charlie
has provided exemplary leadership during this critical time.
