Bill Pedersen, III, is a Partner at Carter Arnett. Prior to joining the firm, Bill was elected and served as a Justice of Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals from 2019-2024 handling appellate matters arising from trial courts in Dallas, Collin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. He authored approximately 400 opinions and was appointed by the Chief Justice of Texas to serve on a Special Court of Review. He also volunteered to serve as a trial judge, presiding over jury trials, contested hearings, and routine case dispositions.
Bill has served as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Collin County, Texas and as the Chief of the Domestic Violence Unit of the Family Justice Division. After serving as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Bill entered private practice, founding his own firm where he represented individuals, businesses, and corporate entities in civil, commercial, and criminal litigation in state and federal courts throughout Texas. Bill has appeared in a variety of state and federal courts and has tried 100 civil and criminal cases to a jury.’
Bill has spoken to numerous organizations and meetings of Texas lawyers about Texas law and the practice of law. He has spoken to the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, the Collin County Bar Association, the Dallas Bar Association, and the Advanced Family Law Conference. Bill also co-authored an article for the University of North Texas College of Law’s Accessible Law Review with Louis A. Bedford, IV, titled “Why Don’t You Run for Office: What You Need to Know About the Law Governing Getting Elected.”
