BILL REID RELEASES DEBUT BOOK, FIGHTING BULLIES: THE CASE FOR A CAREER IN PLAINTIFFS’ LAW
September 23, 2025 — Reid Collins & Tsai LLP co-founder William (Bill) T. Reid IV has released his debut book, Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiff’s Law.
Based on his decades-long experience as a prosecutor and trial lawyer, Fighting Bullies tackles preconceived ideas about the plaintiffs’ bar in Bill’s inimitable, pull-no-punches style. The book examines the role law schools play in funneling students into “Big Law” careers, often setting them on a path to unfulfilling positions in corporate defense firms, without effectively presenting the myriad options for meaningful work on the plaintiffs’ side.
“I jokingly refer to myself as a minority lawyer because I am one of a very rare breed of veteran attorneys who loves what I do,” quips Reid explaining what prompted him to publish Fighting Bullies. “In speaking with law students at top law schools, it became clear to me that they were only being presented with one model for success: a career in a big corporate defense firm or ‘Big Law.’ Considering rates of general unhappiness, addiction and even suicide in my profession, I felt compelled to speak up about my own career path, which has sustained my love of the law and allowed me to reap financial benefits while doing the kind of work I care about.”
Reid co-founded Reid Collins with managing partner Lisa Tsai in 2009 and the firm has grown from strength to strength ever since. Embracing the freedom from conflicts that a boutique firm offers, Reid Collins takes on cases that other firms can’t or won’t, often employing novel uses of case law and securing precedent-setting victories. Whether the firm is representing creditors in multi-billion-dollar litigation or taking up the fight for justice on behalf of pro-bono clients, Reid Collins insists on only taking cases where the equities favor their client. This theme of advocating for the underdog runs through Fighting Bullies, which, by documenting Reid’s own remarkable journey, urges law students to reject the pervasive narrative that a meaningful career and financial reward are mutually exclusive.
Fighting Bullies is published by Wren Press LLC and is available for purchase in bookstores, online at Amazon.com or via the website www.fightingbulliesbook.com
LAWDRAGON NAMES THREE REID COLLINS PARTNERS TO THE 100 LEADING CAYMAN LAWYERS
Three Reid Collins partners – Craig A. Boneau, Joshua J. Bruckerhoff, and William T. Reid IV – have been selected by legal periodical Lawdragon to its list of the 100 Leading Cayman Lawyers.
The list represents “a wealth of lawyers who live and work in the Caymans, at a handful of premier firms sited there…. [as well as] leading global advocates who’ve made their mark on the island’s legal footprint.”
In this year’s edition of the list, Craig Boneau is additionally profiled as “one of the outstanding global disputes lawyers recognized here for his work untangling legal liabilities from a web of financial complication.”
These Lawdragon selections cap off an awards season which has seen the firm and its attorneys win multiple industry honors, including being named among the top business litigation firms in Texas (Texas Lawyer), and top firms prosecuting plaintiff-side business litigation in the country (The National Law Journal).
Click here to view the 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading Cayman Lawyers.
LAWDRAGON NAMES FOURTEEN REID COLLINS PARTNERS TO THE 2026 500 LEADING LITIGATORS IN AMERICA LIST
In its exclusive look at the nation’s top trial lawyers, Lawdragon has named 14 Reid Collins partners to its 2026 list of the 500 Leading Litigators in America. The list is a who’s who of noted attorneys that have made their mark “representing clients in their most important courtroom, investigative and administrative battles.”
This year, Craig A. Boneau; Joshua J. Bruckerhoff; Keith Y. Cohan; Rachel S. Fleishman; Jeffrey E. Gross; Yonah Jaffe; Dylan E. Jones; Eric D. Madden; Nathaniel J. Palmer; William T. Reid IV; Gregory S. Schwegmann; Lisa S. Tsai; Jeremy H. Wells; and Michael J. Yoder are included among the litigators “that have changed the course of industry and individual businesses, shaped our nation and the enforcement of its laws, and continued to uphold the role of the law as a beacon and shared imperative.”
These Lawdragon selections cap off an awards season which has seen the firm and its attorneys win multiple industry honors, including being named among the top firms prosecuting plaintiff-side business litigation in the country (The National Law Journal).
Click here to view the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.
