![]() Low is honored to have been invited to be a member of two of the most prestigious trial lawyer organizations in the country. He also defended another dietary supplement maker in more than 40 product liability lawsuits filed in California over a three-year period that alleged the dietary supplement had been adulterated with pharmaceutical drugs. He played an active role in the selection and retention of defense experts, and participated in the cross-examination of plaintiffs’ experts in depositions and at a Daubert hearing, challenging the admissibility of plaintiffs’ expert opinions. In that capacity, he served on the Multi District Litigation (MDL) Defendents Science Committee. The supplement was alleged to have caused or contributed to heart attacks, seizures, and strokes in consumers who were taking that product. over its flagship product, Metabolife 356. for a period of seven years in hundreds of dietary supplement product liability lawsuits filed throughout the U.S. This included work defending Metabolife International, Inc. Low’s practice continued to expand, particularly in the area of product liability defense. His practice quickly grew to include insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, business litigation, and product liability cases. While at the McInnis firm, he handled a wide range of cases beginning with the defense of general and professional liability lawsuits. In 1988 he became a partner in the McInnis firm and served as its managing partner when it merged with HFM in 1999. Low began his legal career in 1982 at the premier civil trial firm in San Diego at the time- McInnis, Fitzgerald, Rees, Sharkey & McIntyre. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). Low currently chairs HFM’s Privacy and Information Security Practice Group, and he is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He has also devoted substantial time and effort to the rapidly expanding area of law involving privacy and cybersecurity. Low has distinguished himself in both state and federal courts, and he has tried to verdict a wide variety of cases including catastrophic injury, professional liability, medical and nursing board hearings, insurance bad faith, product liability, probate and trust, employment discrimination, and sexual harassment. In addition, he has served as an expert witness in legal malpractice cases. Low, an HFM Partner, also serves as general counsel for the firm, a role in which he regularly advises the firm’s lawyers on issues related to ethics, conflicts of interest and professional responsibility. William Low practices in the areas of complex tort and business litigation, with a current emphasis on professional liability, privacy, information security, product liability, and healthcare.
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