Jo-Ná A. Williams, Esq. - J.A. Williams Law P.C.

Attorney in New York, NY

Address
101 6th Ave 9th Floor -#4071, New York, NY, 10013
Phone
(917) 300-9017
Website
jawilliamslaw.com

About Jo-Ná A. Williams, Esq. - J.A. Williams Law P.C.

J.A. Williams Law is a boutique business and intellectual property law firm founded in 2011 by Jo-Ná A. Williams, Esq., with an office at 101 Avenue of the Americas in New York City and a second office in Plano, Texas. The firm serves entrepreneurs, creatives, and thought leaders worldwide, focusing on business law, intellectual property, and sports and entertainment law. Its stated mission is to protect clients' valuable business assets and help them secure their wealth as they grow their influence, acting as high-level legal advisors and strategists rather than simply transactional counsel. The firm emphasizes that it works selectively, taking on companies its attorneys genuinely believe in, and frames its attorneys as entrepreneurs themselves who understand the businesses they represent. Core values listed on the firm's site include excellence, integrity, authenticity, a concierge-style anticipation of client needs, and a security-minded approach to protecting business and intellectual property matters. The team includes founder Jo-Ná A. Williams, who is licensed to practice in New York and Texas, and Of Counsel attorney Octavia Carson, who focuses on trademark law and is licensed in California and Washington, D.C. The firm offers a free resource, "The Brand Protection Guide: Top 10 Ways to Legally Protect Your Company Online and Beyond," to newsletter subscribers, and its site notes that it is a Black, Queer, Woman-Owned Company that is M/WBE certified.

J.A. Williams Law was founded in 2011 by Jo-Ná A. Williams, Esq. to give entrepreneurs and thought leaders a way to successfully navigate their careers, secure their companies, and manage business and intellectual property matters. Williams, who holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and Africana Studies from the University of Michigan, went on to found a separate coaching company in 2013 to advise creatives and business owners on entrepreneurship, driven by her belief that owning a business is a path to freedom, security, and authentic creative expression. Over the course of her career she has represented clients who have written New York Times best-selling books, earned Grammy nominations, and charted on Billboard, Amazon, and Apple Music, and she has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fortune, Billboard, Black Enterprise, and The Root, among others. She was named one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 by the National Black Lawyers and was recognized as Intellectual Property and Business Attorney of the Year by Acquisition International in 2019. She has spoken at Facebook, LinkedIn, NYU, and Rent the Runway, and serves as a Board Member of the LGBT Center in New York and the UPI Loan Fund in Arizona.

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