Profile

Vay Williams

Williams, Vay
c/o JNE Commission
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-538-2274
Fax: 415-538-2255

City: Los Angeles

State Bar of California Admission Date: June 6, 2000

Education:

  • UCLA School of Law:  J.D.
  • Columbia University:   Post-graduate, non-degree work
  • Oberlin College:   B.A

Employment:

  • Office of the Federal Public Defender, 2005 – 2010
  • O’Melveny & Myers / Special Counsel, 2003 – 2005
  • Rovens Lamb, 2002 – 2003
  • U.S. District Court, 2000 – 2002

State Bar Activities:

  • Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, member, 2011 – present 

Local Bar Activities:

  • Black Women Lawyers Association, 2000 – 2005
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1998 – 2004
  • California Association of Black Lawyers, 2003 – 2004
  • American Bar Association, 2000 – 2001

Professional Memberships:

  • Black Women Lawyers Association, 2000 – 2005
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1998 – 2004
  • California Association of Black Lawyers, 2003 – 2004
  • American Bar Association, 2000 – 2001

Other:

  • Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, Group exercise certification
  • American Council on Exercise, Personal trainer certification
  • American Heart Association, CPR / AED certification

Activities:

  • Fitness Instructor / Personal Trainer – Various health clubs in Southern California
  • Nursery Care Worker – First Baptist Church of West Los Angeles
  • Reader – Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic, Hollywood branch