Ann Claire Williams, retired judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, with Jones Day. Courtesy photo. Opening Doors to 'Where Decisions Are Made': Judge Ann Claire Williams
"I realized that what I was doing was similar to being a lawyer," said Williams, a 2024 American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement honoree. "Teachers teach and lawyers teach. Teachers have to persuade and lawyers have to persuade."
October 28, 2024 at 03:12 PM
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Leadership
At the beginning of her professional journey, Judge Ann Claire Williams was focused on a career in teaching, with little knowledge of her eventual path into the U.S. justice system, where she's helped shape law domestically and abroad.
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