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Oct. 12, 2021

William A. Fenwick was 'true technology lawyer before his time'

The one-time associate at a New York law firm who headed to California in the early 1970s to co-found Fenwick & West LLP, one of Silicon Valley's most successful law firms, has died.

William A. "Bill" Fenwick, a onetime associate at a New York law firm who headed to California in the early 1970s to co-found Fenwick & West LLP, one of Silicon Valley's most successful law firms, has died. He was 83.

"Bill was a true technology lawyer before his time" said Gordon K. Davidson, a firm partner and its longtime chairman.

Fenwick died Oct. 4 in Palo Alto, according to the firm.

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