Christopher S. Williams

Biographical Information

Christopher (Chris) Williams is a member in the Firm’s commercial litigation section, Vice-President of the Baldwin County Bar Association, and serves as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.  Chris has a diverse litigation practice that includes construction, business torts, cybersecurity, privacy, environmental, and real property litigation. Chris has defended businesses in premises liability, transportation, personal injury, fraud, and other torts in state and Federal court.  Chris also has an extensive practice representing local governments and elected officials and defending False Claims Act cases.   

Chris has represented boards and elected officials at the municipal, county, and state level, and has defended land use, class action, and constitutional claims against elected and appointed officials including mayors, city council, commissioners, and sheriffs. Chris is experienced defending law enforcement agencies, including municipal police officers, corrections officers, and county sheriffs and deputies. He is licensed to practice law in Alabama and Florida and serves as outside counsel for litigation, utilities, planning and zoning matters for the City of Fairhope, and litigation counsel for the Escambia County (AL) Sheriff.

In 2016, Chris helped launch the Firm’s cybersecurity and privacy practice area.  Chris has been involved in litigation involving data breach and privacy claims. He has also advised clients on policies and procedures to minimize cybersecurity vulnerability, has served as breach counsel for multiple clients following a breach, and has assisted clients in crafting notices for compromised personal information in accordance with state and federal laws.

The following are examples of results Chris has achieved for clients of the Firm in litigation:

• Summary judgment for municipality in multi-million dollar dispute with developer in federal court;
• Numerous dismissals and summary judgments in favor of sheriff and deputies;
• Full dismissal for a governmental entity on a class action claim for seventy-five million dollars;
• Summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, for a municipality in defense of a personal injury case pursuant to the Alabama Recreational Use Statute;
• Favorable judgment in a bench trial for a million-dollar real property dispute affirmed on appeal;
• Final summary judgment for property owners in a dispute regarding riparian rights and a pier;
• Full dismissal of all claims in an arbitration on behalf of an automobile dealership in a dispute with a customer;
• And attained multiple favorable settlements in residential and commercial construction defect cases on behalf of residential home builder, general contractor, and subcontractor clients.

Chris grew up in Mobile, attending McGill-Toolen Catholic High School and Spring Hill College. Chris was the SGA Senior Class President at Spring Hill and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English. He received his J.D., magna cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he was on Law Review and competed in two national trial advocacy competitions. He is a member of the Order of Barristers and was previously named a Crowe Scholar upon graduation from Loyola. He is currently a member of the Paul W. Brock American Inn of Court.

Chris lives on the Eastern Shore with his wife and two sons. He is an active youth sports coach (baseball, football, and basketball), is a member and past president of the Fairhope Kiwanis Club, a participant in the South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program, and is a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Fairhope.