William Vandercreek

William (Bill) VanDercreek (January 6, 1930 – February 20, 2012) was a Professor of the Law School of Florida State University. In 2007, Mel Fisher's Treasures won the Adjudication granting them the title to the treasures recovered on the Atocha and Margarita wreck sites in 2007. William VanDercreek assisted Mel Fisher's Treasures Company in this litigation.

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. This would change the fate of a vast number of persons now incarcerated for life. Personal life William VanDercreek was married to Catherine VanDercreek, they had five children. Published works