Quinn Emanuel Name Partner Bill Urquhart Dies

A. William Urquhart, who helped transform Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan from a small Los Angeles firm into a global litigation powerhouse, has died.

Urquhart, known as Bill, died from complications stemming from a bone marrow transplant, Quinn Emanuel announced Oct. 7. He was 72.

After graduating from Fordham University School of Law, which he attended at night, Urquhart met John B. Quinn when the two young attorneys were associates at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

In 1988, Urquhart decided to join the two-year-old firm Quinn had founded, which became Quinn Emanuel & Urquhart.

“Our firm grew into the largest litigation ...