A. William "Bill" Urquhart, a name partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, died Oct. 4, due to complications stemming from a bone marrow transplant. He was 72.

Urquhart joined Quinn Emanuel in 1988, two years after his former Cravath, Swaine & Moore colleague John Quinn established the litigation-only firm with fellow partners Eric Emanuel, David Quinto and Phyllis Kupferstein. He quickly became the firm's unofficial recruiter-in-chief. In Urquhart's 31 years with Quinn Emanuel, it grew from a 15-lawyer litigation boutique to an Am Law 50 firm with more than 800 lawyers in 23 offices worldwide.

"That's really all because of Bill—the firm's growth and projection," Quinn said in an interview Monday. "I mean, he was such a visionary and so good at not just having a vision, but accomplishing what he imagined."