Bill McCollum

Bill McCollum is Senior Counsel at Dentons and Co-Chair of the US State Attorney General Practice, based in the Washington, DC office, practicing in Administrative Law. He focuses on corporate compliance and investigations, complex state legal and regulatory matters, state antitrust law enforcement, multi-state investigations, public policy, and advising companies with disruptive new technologies.

Mr. McCollum served as the 36th Attorney General of Florida (2007-2011) and represented Florida's 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives for 20 years (1981-2001), serving on the Judiciary, Banking and Financial Services, and Intelligence Committees. He was a House Manager for President Clinton's impeachment trial and served on the House Committee to Investigate the Iran-Contra Affair. He also served 23 years as an officer in the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, retiring as a Commander.

Bill holds a J.D. from the University of Florida (1968) and a B.A. from the University of Florida (1965). He has been ranked by Chambers USA as Band 2 for State Attorneys General (Nationwide, 2023-2025), listed by The Legal 500 in Government - State Attorneys General, and recognized by Best Lawyers in America in Government Relations (2026).