Thomas Wilson Williams is an Assistant Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL). Prior to joining AUWCL, Professor Williams worked at the Duke University Initiative for Science and Society, where he was a lecturing fellow, following his service a Law and Biosciences post-doctoral fellow and Director of the DukeEngage Washington program. His work focuses on the integrative analysis of health law, bioethics, and entrepreneurship. He has taught courses on food and drug law, the regulation of human subjects research, contracts, entrepreneurship, and the role of film and literary narrative in the construction and popular understanding of government institutions. His recent work considers the role entrepreneurs can play in the mitigation of health inequities and disparities. Prior to serving as a Professor, he was a corporate associate at several large New York law firms and served as in-house counsel at a large physician practice in upstate New York.

Williams is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a J.D. and Master’s degree in bioethics, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.