Alexander Williams Jr. (born May 8, 1948) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Maryland District Court · 1994–2014
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
Faculty · 1978–present- ↳professor of law · 1978–1989
- ↳adjunct professor of law · 1989–present
- Prince George's County, MarylandState's attorney · 1987–1994
- Fairmount Heights, MarylandMunicipal attorney · 1975–1987
- Prince George's County [Maryland] Board of EducationSpecial counsel and hearing examiner (part-time) · 1978–1987
- Glenarden, MarylandMunicipal attorney · 1980–1987
- Private practice, Hyattsville and Beltsville, Maryland1974–1986
Assistant public defender · 1977–1978- Maryland Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial CircuitSubstitute juvenile master (part-time) · 1976–1977
- Maryland Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial CircuitLaw clerk , Hon. James H. Taylor · 1973–1974
Appointments
1994–2014 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- J.D. · 1973
- Howard UniversityB.A. · 1970