Alexander Williams Jr.

Judge Alexander Williams Jr.

Personal

Birthday:

1948

Birthplace:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. James H. Taylor, Maryland Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1973-1974
Private practice, Hyattsville and Beltsville, Maryland, 1974-1986
Municipal attorney, Fairmount Heights, Maryland, 1975-1987
Substitute juvenile master (part-time), Maryland Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1976-1977
Assistant public defender, Prince George`s County, Maryland, 1977-1978
Special counsel and hearing examiner (part-time), Prince George`s County [Maryland] Board of Education, 1978-1987
Faculty, Howard University School of Law, 1978- ; professor of law, 1978-1989; adjunct professor of law, 1989-
Municipal attorney, Glenarden, Maryland, 1980-1987
State`s attorney, Prince George`s County, Maryland, 1987-1994

Education

Name of School:

Howard University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1970

Name of School - Second:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1973

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Maryland

Court Name:

Maryland District Court

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/18/1994

Retirement from Active Service:

5/8/2013

Termination Date:

1/3/2014

Termination Reason:

Retirement