Alan Fitzgerald Williams

Professor Williams joined the law faculty at the University of Idaho as an associate professor in 2006. Prior to coming to the College of Law, Professor Williams completed 20 years of service on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. In his last assignment on active duty, Professor Williams served as a military judge in the Eastern Judicial Circuit of the Navy-Marine Corps trial judiciary where he presided over two hundred felony and misdemeanor trials.

Before being appointed to the bench, Professor Williams served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief Prosecutor, and Defense Counsel. During the pre-law portion of his Marine Corps career, Professor Williams served as commanding officer of the largest permanently stationed contingent of Marines in the Republic of Korea. As an intelligence officer, he served in the Operations Directorate of the National Security Agency, and in a tactical signals intelligence unit in Hawaii, as well as numerous overseas locations throughout the Far East.

A Korean linguist, Professor Williams graduated with honors from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California prior to being deployed to the Republic of Korea.

Professor Williams is a member of the bars of Colorado and Virginia. His interests include nineteenth century Russian literature, running, cycling, adventure racing, and Crossfit.