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 —
- The Corporate Transparency Act Desk Book: Practical Guidance for Beneficial Owners and their Professional Advisors, Author, American Bar Association (forthcoming 2024)
- Kansas Limited Liabilities Company Handbook, 2021 Edition, Author, Kansas Bar Association (November 2021)
- 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)
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
- 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; lead author: Kansas Revised Limited Liability Company Act Handbook
- 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
- Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
- Crossroads Community Association, counsel (Crossroads Arts District)
- RareKC, board of directors
Admitted
Kansas, Missouri, United States Supreme Court