William West Seegmiller's education started at the University of California, Davis. He went to UC Davis and got his B.A. in political science.
After getting his degree from the well-known University of California, he went to the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and the Rick J. Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine University.
After that, he went to Harvard Law School, Trial Lawyers College, and Fielding Graduate University to learn more about the law.
West Seegmiller went to law school at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law. He got his Juris Doctor from the McGeorge School of Law. He was on the Pacific Law Review and the Trainor Moot Court Team. The American Bar Association has approved the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.
The McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, is part of UOP's Oak Park campus. Seegmiller started at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in 1976 and graduated four years later in 1980.
William Seegmiller also went to school in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California. The lawyer and charity worker went to California's oldest private research university to get his Master's in Real Estate.
From 2007 to 2009, the founder of the Seegmiller Law Firm went to the well-known school to get his Master's in Real Estate.
He went back to school at Pepperdine University eight years later. At Pepperdine University's Rick J. Caruso School of Law in Los Angeles County, California, he finished his studies in 2017 by taking Advanced Law.
He is still very involved with the university and regularly gives to its scholarship program.
William West Seegmiller has an impressive work history, as shown by the many six-figure awards, settlements, and verdicts that add up to more than $150 million.
The personal injury lawyer and giver is also a popular speaker. He is often asked to speak at well-known law schools all over the country. One of these topics is the benefits of mediation, which Seegmiller knows a lot about and thinks is important to keep things as calm as possible during litigation.
As a newly licensed lawyer, he started his law firm. For over 35 years, he did a great job representing clients in cases like wrongful death. He is also known for his track record of winning significant cases against big national and international companies.
In 2015, the Golden Advocate Award for Largest Verdict went to West Seegmiller. The Golden Advocate Award was given to him because he won $40 million in damages for a single client. In the same year, a website called Litigator Awards put him in the top 1% of all lawyers in the United States.
The following year, the American Institute named him one of the Top Attorneys in North America. He has also been given a Distinguished rating by Martindale-Hubbell and a Premier 100 Award by the American Academy of Jurisprudence.
William Seegmiller is proud to help many good causes and is an active member of his local community. He gives money to scholarships at his alma mater, Pepperdine University, and at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he studied law. The well-known lawyer has also helped the Special Olympics and the Boy Scouts of America for a long time.
As a supporter of the arts, he has paid for a ballerina to dance with the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet and has given money to many theater companies. He backed a $50 million campaign to expand Markham Stouffville Hospital, which is part of Oak Valley Health, in the past. His donation helped the hospital meet the growing needs of the people in the area.
West Seegmiller has helped out in many volunteer projects overseas. These include steps to help families in Cuba, Guatemala, and Mexico who have a hard time. He worked with the non-profit organization Corazón to build homes for low-income families in Mexico. Corazón is all about how important it is to take care of yourself.
With the help of dedicated volunteers from the U.S. and Mexico, the charity works to build homes and open doors for families in Mexico who live in areas that don't get enough help. Seegmiller has also gone to Cuba on several personal trips to give dental and medical supplies to needy families.
Today, the lawyer who cares about helping people gives much of his time to the Reinhart Foundation. The Reinhart Foundation aims to make wishes come true for seriously ill children.
William West Seegmiller has a private pilot license and is very interested in several other things besides his work and charity work.
He likes to fly, write, and travel. He has been to the Northwest Passage and Antarctica. As a writer, he helped write a best-selling book about what it takes to be successful in business.
He has given money to the arts and is a big fan of movies. He has also been an executive producer on several films. Among these are the movies Atone (coming out in 2019) and Maximum Achievement: The Brian Tracy Story (coming off in 2017), for which he won a prestigious Golden Reel Award.
William Seegmiller just returned from a trip to Mt. Everest, where he spent his 72nd birthday.