T. Edward (Eddie) Williams
Top rated Business & Corporate attorney in New York, New York
Williams LLP
Practice Areas: Business & Corporate, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2018
Education: University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Languages Spoken: English, French
Details
A Liberia, West Africa, native, T. Edward (Eddie) Williams founded the New York-based law firm of Williams LLP to offer high-quality representation to clients across the United States as well as other countries in the areas of:
- Business formation and business organizations
- International intellectual property law
- Commercial and business litigation
- International arbitration
- Bankruptcy*
- Contract law
- Corporate law
- Employment law
- Antitrust law
Over the past decade, Mr. Williams has represented several large U.S. corporations and international companies with U.S. subsidiaries, in issues involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Defend Trade Secrets Act. He has defended his clients in shareholder disputes, breach of contract and conflicts with international arbitration rules encompassing the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
In addition to providing guidance to insurers and reinsurers with interests across Africa, Mr. Williams also assists with imports and exports, nonprofit organization establishment and setting up entities, among others. He has been trusted to provide legal services to individuals and businesses worldwide for more than a decade.
Mr. Williams has a wealth of experience litigating and resolving disputes between individuals, businesses and governments that result from failed business transactions. Among the claims he handles are failed mergers, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of action and derivative actions. He has received an Avvo “Good” rating in recognition of his legal achievements.
As an adept lawyer, Mr. Williams is permitted to practice in New York and Colorado. He appears before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd and 10th Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Mr. Williams obtained his B.A. from the Mercer University in 2006, where he was a member of the Great Books Program and a recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Scholarship. He then went to the University of Denver Sturm College of Law to receive his Juris Doctor in business litigation in 2009, ranking in the top 14% of his class. During law school, he worked as a senior editor for the Denver Journal of International Law & Policy. Prior to founding his own practice, Mr. Williams worked at another leading Denver-based law firm.
*Mr. Williams is a debt relief agent. He helps people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.
Practice areas
Business/Corporate, Bankruptcy: Business, Intellectual Property, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Employment & Labor: Employee, General LitigationFocus areas
Arbitration, Bankruptcy Law, Business Formation and Planning, Business Organizations, Contracts, Employment Law - Employee, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
First Admitted: 2009, Colorado
Professional Webpage: https://williamsllp.com/attorney/t-edward-williams-esq/
- Board Secretary, World Denver Corporate Leadership Team, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, since 2015
- Judicial Fellow to Honorable Justice Gregory Hobbs of the Colorado Supreme Court
- New York
- Colorado
- United States Court of appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Member, American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- New York State Bar
- New York City Bar Association
- Member, Denver Bar Association
- Member, Colorado Bar Association
- Member, Faculty of Federal Advocates
- B.A. in Ancient Political Theory/Great Books Curriculum, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 2006
Office location for T. Edward (Eddie) Williams
45 Rockefeller Plaza
20th Fl
New York, NY 10111
Phone: 917-730-2454
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2019, 2023