The primary purpose of the Civil Litigation Division is to provide professional legal representation to the State of Mississippi, its agencies, officials, and employees in matters related to civil litigation in state and federal courts. The Civil Litigation Division also defends local district attorneys and judges when those officials are sued. The civil actions include a wide range of constitutional issues, Title VII employment matters, voting rights, prisoner cases, contracts, 1983 actions for damages, suits for injunctions, audit demands, ethics issues, and many other matters which can arise from the various functions of State government.
Chad Williams, Director
Chad Williams serves as the director of the Civil Litigation Division at the Attorney General’s Office. Chad previously served as chief counsel for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, where he oversaw the legal department providing services to the dozen divisions that make up DPS. Before joining DPS, Chad worked as a special assistant attorney general at the Attorney General’s Office, defending state agencies, their employees, and state officials in lawsuits brought primarily in federal court. Chad first came to the Attorney General’s Office in 2018 after working in private practice for 12 years, where he defended public officials and law enforcement at the county level, in addition to representing private businesses in civil matters. Chad has tried jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and has argued before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Prior to practicing law, Chad was in aide in the Office of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He attended the University of Mississippi, where earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics before earning his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi School of Law.
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