Alexander Williams, Jr.

Following his nomination and confirmation by the United States Senate Alexander Williams, Jr. served as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland from September 2, 1994, to January 3, 2014. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench, Judge Williams was Chairman of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and also served two terms from 1987 to 1994 as the elected State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland. Following his retirement from the federal bench, Judge Williams Judge Williams found and is the CEO of the Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. Center for Education, Justice and Ethics, Inc., a nonprofit policy center which is a part of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. Judge Williams served as Chair of the seven-member Commission to Restore Integrity in Policing (for Baltimore City) which issued its final report on December 2, 2020.

Judge Williams served in 2021 as co-chair of the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission, served for eight years (2015-2023) as the Chair of the Maryland Appellate Nominating Commission, recently completed his service as Vice Chairman of the University of Maryland Medical System Board of Directors, and presently serves as Chairman of the University of Maryland Capital Region Hospital Board of Directors.

Judge Williams is a native of Washington, D.C. and has practiced law in both the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Judge Williams previously served as a tenured Professor of Law at Howard law school and presently teaches a seminar course in public ethics at Howard as an adjunct professor of law. In addition to his judicial, community and professorial service, Judge Williams has lectured and participated in numerous conferences abroad including visits to Sofia, Bulgaria; Vitoria, Brazil; a Accra, Ghana; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Bamako, Mali; and to the region of Hong Kong as well as to the provinces of Guanzhou and Beijing in China. Judge Williams has also participated in several international seminars on judicial independence and other rule of law issues, while attending conferences in Accra, Ghana; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Bamako, Mali.

Judge Williams is a graduate of Howard University where he earned a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in Government; a M.A.R.S. (Master of Arts in Religious Studies); and a J.D. (Juris Doctor, cum laude); and also graduated from Temple University where he earned a Master of Arts Degree in Religion/Ethics.