General Info:
M. Jason Williams, Attorney at Law, handles civil and criminal cases in a variety of areas, including family law, criminal law, consumer law and wills and estates. Mr. Williams is available to travel to Pitt, Beaufort, Martin, Washington, Tyrrell and Hyde Counties.
Mr. Williams grew up in the small Pitt County town of Grifton. He graduated from Ayden-Grifton High School in 1990, and graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1994. He then earned his law degree from the University of Florida in 1997 before returning to eastern North Carolina to take the bar exam.
After passing the bar exam in September 1997, Mr. Williams began volunteering at Pamlico Sound Legal Services (now called Legal Aid of North Carolina), until being hired there permanently in February 1998. Jason worked at Legal Aid for four and a half years, eventually becoming the managing attorney of the New Bern office. He handled a variety of cases while at Legal Aid, including domestic violence and family law, Social Security and Medicaid disability, Food Stamps and other public benefits, wills and estate planning, landlord-tenant disputes, unemployment claims and consumer law cases. At Legal Aid, Jason practiced in 10 counties in eastern North Carolina representing clients at all sorts of trials and administrative hearings. In 1999, Jason argued a case before the North Carolina Court of Appeals in Raleigh. Mr. Williams' hobbies include hiking, playing tennis and following the woeful Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. He lives in Washington with his wife. * Family law, including divorce, property distribution, child custody and child support * Criminal law, including felonies and misdemeanors * Traffic tickets * Social Security disability * Wills and estate planning * Consumer law, including fraud and illegal debt collection