Bill Appleton, 59, is senior vice president and general counsel of The E. W. Scripps Company. He joined Scripps in 2008.

Upon graduation from New York University Law School, Bill began his career in 1978 with the law firm Baker Hostetler LLP.   He opened the firm’s Cincinnati office in 1997 and served as the partner-in-charge there from January 2003 to May 2008.

At Baker Hostetler, Bill managed the legal work in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs, and reorganizations involving public and private companies. He counseled companies with respect to corporate governance, takeover defense matters, public offerings, and compliance with securities laws. 

Bill is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America and The Best Lawyers in America. He was recognized as a member of BTI Consulting Group's 2007 "Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms," a designation shared by only 113 lawyers in the United States.

A past member of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Opera, Bill is a current member of the YWCA's Racial Justice Sub-Committee, which sponsors the annual Heart-to-Heart Breakfast to promote racial justice in Cincinnati.