Faculty Profile: William Roach Jr.

Bill Roach, Jr., is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Tennessee who prosecutes white-collar crimes, with a particular emphasis on healthcare and financial fraud.  Prior to joining the office's criminal division in 2018, Bill spent two years in the office's Appellate Division, where he briefed and argued numerous criminal appeals in the Sixth Circuit.  Before joining the United States Attorney's Office, Bill was an Associate at Winston & Strawn LLP in Washington, D.C., where he focused on healthcare antitrust litigation, including defending hospitals and healthcare systems in merger enforcement proceedings, FTC and DOJ investigations, class-action defense, and white-collar criminal investigations.  Bill is an East Tennessee native, and he graduated from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law in 2009.  Bill attended Tulane University as an undergraduate.