Andre Damian Williams Jr. (born 1980) is an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2021 to 2024. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard University in 2002, a Master of Philosophy in international relations from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 2003 as a Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholarship recipient, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2007, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. A Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans, Williams began his career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the SDNY, rising to Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. As U.S. Attorney, he oversaw high-profile prosecutions including those of Ghislaine Maxwell (sex trafficking, 2021), Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX fraud, 2023), Sean "Diddy" Combs (racketeering and sex trafficking, 2024), New York City Mayor Eric Adams (bribery and wire fraud, 2024), and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (bribery, 2024). His tenure established a focus on public corruption, financial crimes, and federal prosecutions in one of the nation's most influential districts. Earlier in his career, he contributed to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. Williams's departure in 2024 concluded a significant and impactful prosecutorial tenure.