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Ronnie L. Williams
Partner
ron@williams-llc.com
Ronnie founded Williams & Associates in November 1981, after having begun his legal career with the Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, a federally-funded organization that provides free legal assistance to low-income citizens.
Ronnie is a consummate litigator whose skilled and tireless advocacy on behalf of his clients spans decades and practice areas, with significant emphasis on employment discrimination litigation and criminal defense along with deep expertise in bankruptcy and estate planning.
PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
Alabama State Bar
Florida State Bar
U.S. Supreme Court – (Argued a Landmark Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984, with favorable decision in June 1985).
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama
U.S. District Court for Northern District of Florida
EDUCATION:
Florida State University College of Law
Tuskegee Institute
Derrick V. Williams
Partner
Derrick Williams has over fifteen years’ experience serving as a city prosecutor for the City of Mobile, criminal defense attorney, and a plaintiff’s attorney. Derrick has handled a variety of cases, including violent crimes, property offenses, discrimination disputes, personal injury, housing, probate, and bankruptcy matters. Derrick has an exemplary track record of fighting for his clients, regardless of the situation or circumstances.
When not fighting for the rights of his clients, Derrick is teaching paralegal students as an adjunct professor at both Faulkner University-Mobile Campus and the University of South Alabama. For the past six years Derrick has taught an array of subjects, including Criminal Law, Evidence, Property, Torts, Contracts, and Legal Research and Writing. He has also lectured at the Regional Seminar for Municipal Court Officials for the Alabama Judicial College.
Derrick is a Municipal Judge for the City of Chickasaw, and serves as legal counsel for the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee. He is legal counsel for the Grand Bay Volunteer Fire Department, Chairs the Criminal Practice Section of the Mobile Bar Association, and serves on the Board of Directors for Feeding the Gulf Coast and the Bayou La Batre Housing Authority.
Derrick is also a member of the Mobile Optimist Club and the Beta Omicron Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
Alabama State Bar
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
EDUCATION:
The University of Alabama School of Law
Florida State University
Reginald L. Williams
Partner
Reginald Williams is a trial lawyer specializing in employment discrimination litigation. A graduate of the Tulane University School of Law and Dartmouth College, Reginald was previously an investment consultant at one of the world’s largest asset management firms and has served as a federal law clerk.
PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
Alabama State Bar
EDUCATION:
Tulane University Law School
Dartmouth College
Nichelle L. Williams
Partner
Nichelle Williams (Nix) previously served as the first Director of the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs when she was sworn in as a member of the Governor’s cabinet in May 2016. Nichelle served under two administrations, having been reappointed in 2017 and 2019, and advised the Governor on policy issues affecting women and minorities in the areas of economic development, education, health, civil rights, and empowerment. Nichelle also worked closely with Alabama’s fourteen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), crafting the Alabama HBCU Initiative for the State. Under this agenda, Nichelle successfully created the Alabama HBCU Co-Op Program, an innovative work development and diversity program aimed at connecting employers and HBCUs – a first for the state of Alabama and first program of its kind in the nation.
Prior to serving in the Governor’s Cabinet, Nichelle handled governmental affairs at one of Alabama’s largest law firms; served as Director of a nonprofit in Mobile; worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., as Legislative Counsel to a former member of Congress, and worked as a Healthcare Fellow in Montgomery, Alabama.
PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
Alabama State Bar
EDUCATION:
University of Alabama School of Law
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Spelman College