William Steel received his Bachelor of Arts Degree (cum laude) from UCLA and his Juris Doctor Degree from USC. Bill's practice is in real estate, business, and corporate transactions. He assists clients in diverse aspects of real estate transactions and entrepreneurship as well as in forming, operating, buying and selling corporations, LLC's and partnerships, preparing employment contracts, independent contractor agreements and other business documents, and obtaining trademark registrations.

Bill serves as general counsel for many entities, including large, publicly held companies, residential community developers and other varied owners of all forms of other entities.
Mr. Steel was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, where he has served on the Board for over 20 years and created numerous ongoing highly successful fundraising programs. Bill was also the President of SchoolPower, the charitable foundation that raises money for the public schools in Laguna Beach, where he served on the Executive Committee for 10 years.