Jon Robert Williams

Jon R. Williams is an “Appellate Specialist” certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.  For over two decades, Jon has partnered with other law firms and trial counsel to handle their complex appellate matters, including civil appeals and writs at both the state and federal court levels. 

Jon has a proven track record of success, resulting in numerous published opinions in a wide variety of topics including:  employment, class-action procedure, civil rights, arbitration, whistleblower protection, commercial misappropriation, elder abuse, probate procedure, and Indian sovereign immunity.  Jon has also consistently been honored as a “San Diego Super Lawyer” (2008-2016), as well as a “Top 10 Attorney” in the San Diego Daily Transcript’s “Top Lawyers in San Diego County” for 2006.

As Immediate Past-President of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) for 2014, Jon remains actively engaged with the court system and the legal community.  He has demonstrated leadership in the areas of court funding, spearheading the SDCBA’s efforts to restore badly needed funding to the trial courts and the Courts of Appeal.  He has served as a Board Member of the SDCBA since 2009, and previously served as a Board Member of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD) (2002-2008), where he was Civil Procedure editor for CASD’s Trial Bar News, publishing monthly articles on a number of civil procedure issues from 1996 to 2007.  Jon is also a Past-President of the California Western School of Law Alumni Board of Directors.