William Quick

William Quick
  • Adjunct Faculty

Contact Info

Biography —

William Quick is the Corporate Transparency Act Chair and a shareholder of Polsinelli PC in Kansas City, Missouri. Quick's practice centers around business entities, handling an array of corporate, finance, governance, transactional and related legal needs. At KU Law, Quick serves as the lead business negotiation competition coach and adjunct professor teaching transactional skills and corporate transparency.

Education —

J.D., University of Michigan, 1997
Faculty of Law, Universiteit Leiden, 1996, Leiden, The Netherlands
B.S., Iowa State University, 1993

Teaching —

  • Corporate Transparency (Law 994)
  • Transactional Law Competition (Law 948)
  • Due Diligence in Business Transactions (Law 385)
  • Deals (Law 828)

Selected Publications —

  • Corporate Transparency Act Update: Most Beneficial Ownership Information Filings Are Now Mandatory, but the Filing Deadlines Are Uncertain, Author, ABA Business Law Today Month-In-Brief
  • Commentary: The Corporate Transparency Act's seismic shift in the business landscape continues to experience aftershocks, Author, Missouri Lawyers Media (January 16, 2025)
  • A Corporate Transparency Act Update, Author, Ingram’s Magazine (January 2025)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act Desk Book: Practical Guidance for Beneficial Owners and their Professional Advisors, Author, KU Scholar Works (October 2024)
  • Healthcare industry disclosure considerations: The Corporate Transparency Act, Co-Author, COSMOS (July 2024)
  • Commentary: Corporate Transparency Act Loses Court Battle – For Now, Author, Missouri Lawyers Weekly (April 11, 2024)
  • Corporate Transparency Act loses court battle – for now, Author, Michigan Lawyers Weekly (March 28, 2024)
  • Not All Owners Off the Hook on Transparency, Author, Ingram's Magazine (March 2024)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: What Franchisors and Franchisees Need To Know, Co-Author, Franchising.com (December 22, 2023)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: A new federal reporting obligation for business that impacts almost everyone, Author, Journal of The Missouri Bar (December 4, 2023)
  • New York Legislature Targets Real Estate Owners in Passing LLC Transparency Law, Co-Author, Wolters Kluwer (November 13, 2023)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: Federalizing Your Business Operations, Author, Real Estate Finance Journal (Fall 2023)
  • Commentary: The Corporate Transparency Act, Missouri Lawyers Media (September 14, 2023)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: What banks need to know about the new federal reporting obligation, Co-Author, BAI (August 21, 2023)
  • New York’s New Beneficial Owner Disclosure Law Set To Leapfrog the Federal Corporate Transparency Act, Co-Author, New York Law Journal (August 8, 2023)
  • Ownership Reporting Requirements May Ensnare Web3.0 Companies, Co-Author, Corporate Compliance Insights (August 7, 2023)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: Our Federal Government Is Casting a Dragnet for Trophy Fish, and Your Business Is Part of Its Bycatch, Kansas Bar Journal Vol. 92 No. 4 (July-August 2023)
  • Corporate Transparency Act Compliance For DAOs Is Unclear, Co-Author, Law360 (July 11, 2023)
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: Deniers Beware, Author, ABA Business Law Today (July 10, 2023)
  • Inside the Corporate Transparency Act, Author, Ingrams (June 2023)
  • Are You Considering Not Complying with the Corporate Transparency Act? The Stages of CTA Denial, Wolters Kluwer (June 16, 2023)
  • It's Time To Prep For Corporate Transparency Act Compliance, Author, Law360 (May 23, 2023)
  • Twenty Years of Sarbanes-Oxley: A Look at the Act's History and Its Impact in Kansas, Co-Author, Kansas Bar Journal Vol. 91 No. 6 (December 07, 2022)
  • Kansas Limited Liabilities Company Handbook, 2021 Edition, Author, Kansas Bar Association (November 2021)

Awards & Honors —

Distinguished Service Award from the Kansas Bar Association (2024)

Memberships —

  • American Bar Association: Section on Business Law: Corporate Laws; Corporate Governance; LLCs, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Entities; and Institutional Investors Committees
  • Kansas Bar Association: Board of Governors (past governor); Corporations, Banking & Business Section (past president, governing board); Limited Liability Company Statute Review Committee, chair; Corporate Statute Review Committee, past chair; author: Kansas Revised Limited Liability Company Act Handbook (2021)
  • The Missouri Bar: Journal of The Missouri Bar, editorial board
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association 
  • Johnson County, Kansas Bar Association 
  • Boy Scouts of America, Heart of America Council (past council advancement chair, past assistant scoutmaster)
  • National Eagle Scout Association; NDESA (2025)
  • Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts 
  • Crossroads Community Association, counsel (Crossroads Arts District) 
  • RareKC, board of directors

Recognition

  • NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, 2025
  • JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award, 2025
  • Kansas Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, 2024
  • Kansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award, 2017
  • "40 Under Forty" recognition by Ingram's Magazine for business leaders under the age of 40 in the Kansas City region, 2009
  • Honored as an Up and Coming Lawyer by Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2009
  • Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2008, 2010
  • AV Preeminent® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

 

Admitted

Kansas, Missouri, United States Supreme Court

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