Bill has taken to trial or settled many major divorce proceedings over the last almost 40 years.  Recently he prevailed in major trials involving child custody and property division.  However, in the last several years Bill has participated in numerous settlements of divorce cases.

With six children of his own, Bill is particularly sensitive to child custody issues.

In addition, Bill routinely tries and settles other civil disputes such as business, employment, property, and municipal disputes.

He has won important zoning cases, a major property tax abatement case and major consumer fraud cases.

Some of Bill's Supreme Court cases include:

• New London Land Use Assoc. V. New London Zoning Bd., 130 N.H. 510 (1988) (a major zoning case not available at the internet)
• Van Der Stok v. Van Voorhees, 151 N.H. 679 (2005)
• Cadreact v. Citation Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 147 N.H. 618 (2002)
• Patch v. Arsenault, 139 N.H. 313 (1995)
• Hanover Investment Corp. v. Town of Hanover, 142 N.H. 812 (1998)

Bill is well known for his pro bono trial work on behalf of clients who cannot afford the cost of litigation but have meritorious claims. As reported by Mr. Kenyon:

• For years, the people at WISE [the Upper Valley's nonprofit domestic and sexual violence crisis center] have counted on Clauson to provide free legal help to women who find themselves in abusive relationships and without the money to pay for a lawyer. "It is an invaluable service," said Regina Rice, assistant director at WISE, "He's wonderful."