Attorney Damian Williams Wife, Age, Parents, Salary, Net Worth, Political party, Ethnicity

Damian Williams Biography – Damian Williams Wiki

Damian Williams is the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). He was nominated by President Joe Biden in August 2021 and confirmed by the United States Senate in October 2021. Mr. Williams is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the District, which was established in 1789 and encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City, along with Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester counties.

As United States Attorney, Mr. Williams supervises the investigation and prosecution of all federal crimes and the litigation of all civil matters in which the United States has an interest. He leads a staff of approximately 450 lawyers, special agents, paralegals and other support professionals. Mr. Williams also serves as Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC), a select group of United States Attorneys who advise the Attorney General on matters of policy, procedure, and management.

Prior to his confirmation as United States Attorney, Mr. Williams served as Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force in the Southern District of New York. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Williams primarily investigated and prosecuted white collar cases involving corruption in financial markets and politics. Among other matters, he prosecuted Congressman Chris Collins for insider trading and lying to the FBI and New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for bribery, extortion, and money laundering.

Mr. Williams earned an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University, a M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. He served as a law clerk to Judge Merrick B. Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and then to Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court.

Damian Williams Age

Andre Damian Williams Jr. was born in 1980 in New York City, New York, U.S. He was raised in the Atlanta area, where his family moved when he was an infant.

Damian Williams Wife

Damian Williams is married to Jennifer Nicole Wynn, a business consultant and professor. Jennifer and Damian were married on July 28, 2012, at Riverside Church in Manhattan. The Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs, a United Church of Christ minister, performed the ceremony. Jennifer graduated from Harvard and received a master’s degree in early and middle childhood education from Hunter College. She also has an M.B.A. from New York University.

Damian Williams Parents

He is the son of Monica Elaine Williams and Dr. Andre Williams. Damian’s parents, immigrants from Jamaica in the early 1970s, met as students at Howard University in Washington, where his father studied medicine and his mother nursing. His mother owns the Alpha Academy and Child Care Center in Decatur, Ga. His father is an obstetrician and gynecologist in private practice, also in Decatur. Their marriage ended in divorced.

During his first year as a prosecutor in the Southern District, Mr. Williams learned of the arrest of his father, Dr. Andre Williams, an obstetrician-gynecologist in the Atlanta area. An indictment filed in DeKalb County Superior Court in December 2012 accused Dr. Williams of accepting Medicaid funds to perform elective abortions. He pleaded guilty in 2014, received probation and was ordered to pay $215,000 in restitution, court records show via The New York Times. He has not spoken publicly about his father’s case.

Damian Williams Salary

Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Damian Williams earns an annual salary of between $187,836 and $191,800.

Damian Williams Net Worth

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

Damian Williams Political party

He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Ethnicity

He is of Jamaican-American ethnicity. He is the first Black U.S. attorney for the Southern District.