Alexander Williams, Jr.

Who is Alexander Williams, Jr.?

Alexander Williams, Jr. is a Senior United States District Judge.

Born in Washington, D.C., Williams received a B.A. from Howard University in 1970 and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1973. He was a law clerk, Hon. James H. Taylor, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland from 1973 to 1974. He was in private practice in Hyattsville and Beltsville, Maryland from 1974 to 1986, serving as a municipal attorney for Fairmount Heights from 1975 to 1987, and as a substitute juvenile master, Prince George's County Circuit Court from 1976 to 1977. He was an Assistant public defender, Prince George's County Public Defender's Office from 1977 to 1978. He was a Special counsel and hearing examiner, Prince George's County Board of Education from 1978 to 1987. He became a professor of law at Howard University from 1978 to 1989, continuing as an adjunct professor thereafter. He was a Municipal attorney of Glenarden from 1980 to 1987, and was then a State's attorney of Prince George's County from 1987 to 1994. Alexander Williams, Jr. was the first African American elected to the office of State's Attorney in Prince George's County, Maryland.