Mike Williams is a leading trial lawyer who represents individuals, businesses, and governments in their litigation matters. Described as “the best of a new generation” of trial lawyers, Mike has successfully led the representation of clients across a broad array of subjects, from massive products liability matters, to financial crisis litigation on behalf of governments, and death penalty petitions for individuals on death row. Combining strategic instincts from Asbury Park, New Jersey with legal training that included a clerkship on the Supreme Court, Mike is one of a handful of former clerks who regularly represents major U.S. and multinational corporations in jury trials. Mike has been profiled by the American Lawyer for winning when “[l]esser lawyers might have said the case was hopeless.” He is ranked by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and recognized as one of The National Law Journal’s 40 “Rising Stars” among Washington D.C. lawyers