
Bill Estes focuses on large-scale alternative project delivery, including design-build and public-private partnerships (P3/PPP), and counsels on all stages of infrastructure development and construction. He brings to every engagement his insight gained as chief counsel to two project owners.
During more than 20 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, Bill has worked on transactional, litigation, legislative, and policy matters for alternative project delivery and conventional infrastructure projects in the transportation, social infrastructure, renewable energy, broadband/telecommunications, and water/wastewater sectors. His clients include public entities/owners, private concessionaires/contractors, and financing parties in the procurement, negotiation, financing, and administration of P3 and infrastructure projects.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in connection with the Major Bridges P3 Initiative for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of nine major bridges located throughout the Commonwealth.
- Represented the Georgia Department of Transportation in connection with the $685.6 million design-build finance of the I-285/I-20 East Interchange.
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Professional Activities
Member, Committee on Contract Law, The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine, 2016-2018
Member, Transportation and Construction Law Committees, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2016-2018
Recognition & Accomplishments
New York Law Journal 2014 Outstanding Legal Department Award, New York Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, “Multiple Benefits and Risks – Legal Issues Within a Design Build Process,” Professional Women in Construction, Professional Development and Advisory Council Presentation (NYC), 2022
Speaker, “Licensing, Commercialization and Technology Transfer (T2) of Transportation Innovations,” Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 56th Annual Workshop on Transportation Law, 2017
Speaker, “Renewable Energy Infrastructure Issues for Counties,” 2017 Annual Meeting of the County Attorneys’ Association of the State of New York (CAASNY)
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Credentials
Education
Emory University School of Law (J.D. 1997)
Northwestern University (B.A. 1993)
Admissions
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern District of New York