TIFFANY M. WILLIAMS

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

ONE NEWARK CENTER, NEWARK, NJ 07102

973-642-8094

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

  • Juris Doctor, Northeastern University School of Law (1999)
  • Master of Public Administration, Rutgers University (1996)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University(Rutgers College) (1994)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor of Legal Practice, Seton Hall University School of Law

Courses: Intro to Lawyering; Director of Mock Trial Programs

  • Adjunct Instructor, Seton Hall University School of Law

Courses: Legal Methods & Research (2004-2005)

  • Adjunct Instructor, Rutgers University School of Public Policy & Administration

Courses: Leadership & Diversity; Intergovernmental Relations (2015-present)

  • Adjunct Instructor, New Jersey Certified Public Manager’s Program (Rutgers University)

Courses: Ethics, Administrative Law, Change Leadership, Leading in Public Administration (2011 – present)

  • Adjunct Instructor, Boston University School of Law

Courses: Intro to Legal Research & Writing (2001 – 2002)

  • Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University School of Law

Courses: Legal Practice; Law, Culture & Difference(1997 – 1998)

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Administrative Law Judge, State of New Jersey(2010 – 2016)
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Frederick L. Brown, Massachusetts Appeals Court (1999– 2000)
  • Legal Intern, Honorable John E. Wallace, Jr., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (elevated to New Jersey Supreme Court) (1997)

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE

  • Deputy Chief Counsel to the New Jersey Governor, Trenton, NJ(2009 –2010)
  • Chief Counsel to the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Trenton, NJ (2007 – 2009)
  • Legal Intern, White House Office of the Legal Counsel to United States President William Jefferson Clinton, Washington, D.C (1999)
  • Special Assistant to United States Senator Bill Bradley, Newark, NJ, (1995 – 1996)

PROSECUTORIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant United States Attorney (federal prosecutor), United States Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (2003 –2004)
  • Assistant Municipal Prosecutor, Township of Willingboro (2005)
  • Legal Intern, United States Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (1998)

LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE

  • Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, NJ

Senior Government Affairs & Litigation Associate (2005 –2007)

  • Law Office of Michael A. Armstrong (Willingboro Town Solicitor), Willingboro, NJ

Litigation Associate (2004 – 2005)

  • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. – Boston, MA

Litigation Associate(2000 –2002); Summer Associate (1998)

nonprofit experience

  • Founder & CEO, The Esther Project (women & girls empowerment), Edgewater, NJ
  • Board Member, Legal Outreach (youth empowerment), New York, NY
  • Ordained Minister & Former Trustee,Upper Room Full Gospel Church, Edison, NJ
  • Former Board Member & Officer, YWCA of Central New Jersey
  • Life Member/former Chaplain, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.(public service sorority)

SELECTED RECOGNITION

  • New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star - magazine cover feature
  • NJ Business Magazine’s Top 50 Women In Business Award
  • Rutgers University’s Distinguished African American Alumni Award
  • NJ General Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver’s Shirley Chisholm Award
  • Nat’l Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Sojourner Truth Award
  • The Network Journal’s40 Under Forty Achievers Award
  • Morris County Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year
  • She-Wins Award
  • Ujima Political Activism Award
  • Delta Sigma Theta’s Woman of Achievement Award
  • Role Model, Inc., CHARM Award
  • Garden State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Award
  • Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey’s President’s Award

SELECTED PUBICATIONS AND PANELS

  • Author, The Esther Project: Every Woman’s Guide To Living With Passion & Purpose, Xulon Press, 2014
  • Author, “Dear Young Lawyer…Be Yourself,” The Young Lawyer, American Bar Association, 2015
  • Video, “Business Development Begins InsideYour Firm,” ABA Business Development Tips, July 2014
  • Author, “How Can An Associate Work Towards A Career In the Judiciary?” Minority Trial Lawyer, ABA, Feb 2012
  • Author, “What is the Biggest Change You Have Seen In the Courtroom,” The Woman Advocate, ABA, June 2011
  • Author, “District Court Compels Settlement Where Client Attempted to Renege,” Litigation News Magazine, American Bar Association, April 2011.
  • Chapter Author, “Signed, Sealed & Delivered: My Life As A Government Lawyer,” The Woman Advocate, 2nd Edition, American Bar Association, 2010.
  • Author, “Seventh Circuit Criticizes Court for Disregarding Corroborative Evidence,” Litigation News Magazine, American Bar Association, October 2010.
  • Author, “Examining the Feasibility of a National Uniform Bar Exam,” Litigation News Magazine, American Bar Association, January 2010 (subsequently cited in Hastings Law Journal).
  • Author, “Social Networking Sites Carry Ethics Traps and Reminders,” Litigation News Magazine, American Bar Association, August 2009 (subsequently cited in Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics & Touro Law Review).
  • Author, “Protecting the Common Interest from Imputed Disqualification,” Litigation News Magazine, American Bar Association, November 2009.
  • Author, “Moving from the Private Sector to Government,” ABA, The Woman Advocate, Winter 2009
  • Audio Podcast, “10 Leadership Tips for Lawyers,” American Bar Association, Sound Advice, November 2010
  • Panelist, ABA Section of Litigation, Women of the Section of Litigation Conference, Chicago, IL (2015)
  • Panelist, NJ State Bar Association, Women in the Profession, Women’s Conference (2014)
  • Moderator, “Can I Tweet? Ethics of Technology and Social Media in the Courtroom,” ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference, Miami, April 2011.
  • Panelist, “Ethics of E-Discovery,” ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference, New York, April 2010.
  • Panelist, “Inside the Judicial and Prosecutorial Nomination Process,” NJ Law Center, November 2009.
  • Panelist, “Inadvertent Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege,” ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference, April 2009.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • American Bar Association, Deputy Representative to the United Nations (2015-present)
  • American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
  • Managing Director Designate (in anticipation of 2017-18)
  • Council (2015-present)
  • Co-Chair, 2016 Section Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (2014-present)
  • Co-Chair, Young Lawyer Leadership Program
  • Advisory Committee
  • Co-Chair, Young Advocates Committee
  • Associate Editor, Litigation News Magazine
  • Co-Chair, CLE Committee
  • Co-Chair, Pro Bono & Public Service Committee
  • Member, Pro Bono Standing Committee
  • Member, Children’s Rights Working Group
  • Co-Chair, Law Student Good Works Competition
  • Young Lawyer Leadership Program
  • Woman Advocate Committee—Chair, Young Lawyers Subcommittee
  • Ethics and Professionalism Committee—Chair, Program Subcommittee
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee
  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Women in the Profession
  • Garden State Bar Association—Chair, Judicial Council;Vice President
  • Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey—Chair, Scholarship Brunch

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • District ofColumbia (admitted 2001; retired from practice 2011)
  • Massachusetts (admitted 1999; retired from practice 2010)
  • New Jersey (admitted 2004)
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • United States District Court for the District of New JerseyDistrict of Massachusetts

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