Judge Karen M. Williams was appointed to the District of New Jersey by President Joseph R. Biden in 2021, having previously served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the same district from 2009 to 2021. She is the first Senate-confirmed African American federal judge to sit in the Camden, New Jersey courthouse.
Judge Williams spent 17 years in private practice at Jasinski & Williams, P.C. in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where her practice focused on employment law, including litigation in state and federal courts and before administrative bodies. She also served as an adjunct professor at Rowan University.
Education
- Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1992
- Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 1985
Career
- Private practice, Atlantic City, NJ (employment law), 1992–2009
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of New Jersey, 2009–2021
- Adjunct Professor, Rowan University, 2020–2021
- U.S. District Judge, District of New Jersey, 2021–present