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| ALAINE S. WILLIAMS | |
Professional:
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Partner,1986-present |
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Associate,1980-1985 |
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Law Clerk, Florida Constitution Revision Commission, July, 1977-June, 1978 |
Service:
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Liaison, ABA Commission on Loan Repayment and Forgiveness, 2001-present |
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Investigator, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Commission, 2000 |
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Board of Directors of the Lawyers Coordinating Committee of the AFL-CIO, 2000-present |
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Chair, Labor Law Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1986 |
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Member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida and American Bar Associations |
Bar Admissions:
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Florida Supreme Court 1979 |
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New Jersey Supreme Court, 1981 |
| U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1981 |
| Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1980 |
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, 1980 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1980 |
Education:
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Columbia University School of Law, LL.M., with Honors, 1980 |
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Florida State University Law School, J.D., with Honors, 1979 Editor, Law Review, 1977-1979 |
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University of Wisconsin, B.F.A., with Honors, 1971 |
Alaine Williams concentrates her practice in labor and employment law. She is one of the leading experts in Pennsylvania on public employee labor law and drafted and successfully litigated Pennsylvania's Agency Fee law. Alaine has written articles on employee rights, constitutional issues, and on race and gender discrimination and is a frequent lecturer at conferences of the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, The National AFL-CIO, the George Meany Labor Center, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, AFT Lawyers Conference, AFSCME Educational Conferences, UFCW Lawyers Conferences, and the Philadelphia Project on Occupational Safety and Health (PHILAPOSH).
Having a long-standing interest in public service, Alaine formerly served as the Assistant and Acting Executive Director of the Florida Commission on Human Relations. She also served in the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1975, where she taught a course on the American legal system to Afghan judges and lawyers.