Mike Williams (SFS’98, L’01, Parent’23, ’24, ’25, ’27, ’28) is a leading trial lawyer and partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. After graduating from Georgetown Law, summa cum laude and first in class, Williams clerked for the Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States. In addition to his work for corporate clients, he has been honored by the American Bar Association for his successful advocacy on behalf of death-row inmates, and he secured favorable judgments in favor of tens of thousands of individuals in civil rights cases. Williams successfully defended the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico during its financial crisis in 2017.

He and his wife Julin are dedicated supporters of first-generation college students. Drawing upon their roots in Asbury Park, New Jersey and the Village of Lauli’i in American Samoa, they have been committed mentors, advocates, and friends to hundreds of Georgetown students. Their Italian-American Sunday family dinners are legendary on the Hilltop.

Williams chairs the board of the Georgetown Scholars Program and is immediate past chair of Georgetown Law’s Board of Visitors. He is co-chair of the Hoya Hoops Club’s Communications Committee and a former member of the Board of Regents. He has served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Georgetown Law since 2013 and has also taught a Week One class about Asking Questions in Litigation since 2016.

He and his wife have eleven children. The eldest five, Rosemary (SFS’23), Isabella (SFS’24), Saleilona (SFS’25), Helena (SFS’27), and Mikey (SFS’28), are Georgetown students and alumni. The sixth has committed to play football for Georgetown’s Class of 2030.