William (Bill) VanDercreek (January 6, 1930 – February 20, 2012) [1] was a Professor of the Law School of Florida State University.
[1] He taught civil procedure and complex litigation courses and at the College of Law from 1968 until his retirement in 1993.
William VanDercreek served a period as a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps[1] William VanDercreek was one of the lawyers for the defense representing Jack Ruby in the trial of the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald.
He filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court requesting a ruling on whether witnesses to the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald could be a juror at Ruby's trial.
During the last several years of his life William VanDercreek worked, pro bono, to urge the United States Sentencing Commission to make the new crack cocaine guidelines retroactive.