Michael B. Williams

Michael is a founding partner of Williams Dirks Dameron LLC. He specializes in complex litigation on behalf of business and consumers across the country. After graduating from the University of Missouri with his B. A. in 1995 and his J. D. in 1998, Michael joined Lathrop & Gage LLC, defending large and medium-sized corporations across the United States in discrimination and retaliation claims. In 2002, he became one of the firms youngest lawyers in history to serve as the first chair at a federal trial. Lathrop & Gage elevated Michael to the firm partnership, effective January 2006. In 2010, Michael established Williams Law LLC. Since founding Williams Law LLC, the firm has grown to six attorneys and is now Williams Dirks Dameron LLC. In addition to his legal work, Michael is a member of the Missouri Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and National Employment Lawyers Association. In 2004, he became the first African American to serve on the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors. He also previously served on the Board of Governors for the Young Lawyers Section of the Missouri Bar. Michael has twice returned to the University of Missouri School of Law as an adjunct professor and has received Distinguished Recent Alumni Awards both from the School of Law and the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2014, he received the Alumni Award from the University of Missouri.