William B. VanLonkhuyzen was born in Portland, Maine, in 1964 and joined the firm in 1995.  He graduated from Amherst College in 1986 and from the University of Chicago Law School, with honors, in 1992.  Mr. VanLonkhuyzen concentrates his practice in the areas of criminal defense, domestic relations and personal injury law.  He regularly appears in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels.  Recently, Mr. VanLonkhuyzen negotiated a large settlement in a wrongful death claim against the Big Dig, won a jury trial in state superior court regarding the wrongful cutting of trees, and was co-counsel in a federal telemarketing fraud case which resulted in a not guilty for the client.  Mr. VanLonkhuyzen also has recent experience representing convicted sex offenders before the Sex Offender Registry Board and military personnel faced with a court-martial.  On the appellate side, Mr. VanLonkhuyzen successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Massachusetts Controlled Substances Tax and defended that decision on appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court and successfully defended a federal district court jury verdict which was appealed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. VanLonkhuyzen is a member of the California and Massachusetts bars and is a member of the Northern District of California, District of Massachusetts and First Circuit federal courts.  He is also a member of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association.