William R. Livesay, Jr.
Executive Director
Bill has been working with law firms for more than 30 years, directing financial and business operations of those firms. He is an experienced and versatile chief administrative executive with a proven track record of cost-effectively directing the operations of law firms. Since 1999, he has been the Executive Director of Andrews Kurth, a firm of 400 lawyers operating from nine domestic and international offices. His management experience includes financial management, multi-office business processes and strategic development.
At Andrews Kurth, Bill oversees the administrative activities of the firm, including all aspects of operations, finance, budget, human resources, technology, facilities, special initiatives and disaster management. He has initiated and overseen an extensive, firm-wide emergency preparedness program with contingency plans for the firm’s uninterrupted operation. He has been called upon to speak at seminars, major universities and professional associations.
In The News
- Bill was interviewed on Lawyer2Lawyer where he spoke about the success of Andrews Kurth's Emergency Preparedness plan during Hurricane Ike. Please click here to listen to the interview.
- Bill was quoted in the September 22, 2008 Texas Lawyer article, "The Sound and the Fury: After Hurricane Ike, Legal Community Pulls Together, Pushes Forward" about Andrews Kurth's response to Hurricane Ike.
Events
- "Marketing for Lawyers," Association of Legal Administrators, Austin Chapter
- "Executive Leadership in Law Firms," Board of Directors of a national law firm
- "Emergency Preparedness Planning," Law Firm Profitability and Strategic Planning Conference (March 2007)
- "Emergency Preparedness: Risk Assessment to Continuity Planning," The Law Firm Finance, Profitability & Operations Institute, New York, NY (July 2006)
- "Planning for the Worst: Preparing Your Legal Practice for Disastrous Events," Woodlands Bar Association (June 2006)
- "Risk Management and Continuity Planning," Emergency Preparedness Roundtable sponsored by Employee Benefit Solutions, Inc. (May 2006)
