Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He has been covering the Justice Department and the U.S. Supreme Court since March 1993. Williams was also a key reporter on the Microsoft anti-trust trial and Judge Jackson's decision.
Prior to joining NBC, Williams served as a press official on Capitol Hill for many years. In 1986 he joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. While in that position, Williams was named Government Communicator of the Year in 1991 by the National Association of Government Communicators.
A native of Casper, Wyo. and a 1974 graduate of Stanford University, Williams was a reporter and news director at KTWO-TV and Radio in Casper from 1974 to 1985. Working with the Radio-Television News Directors Association, for which he served as a member of its board of directors, he successfully lobbied the Wyoming Supreme Court to permit broadcast coverage of its proceedings and twice sued Wyoming judges over pre-trial exclusion of reporters from the courtroom. For these efforts, he received a First Amendment Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2018?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and the Practice Groups
The Mayflower Hotel, State Room1127 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20036
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2012?
Co-sponsored by the Practice Groups, the Washington DC Lawyers Chapter, and the Faculty Division
National Press Club529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045
March 2012 DC Luncheon with Pete Williams
Tony Cheng's Restaurant 619 H Street, N.W. (Gallery Place Metro)A Discussion: When Does Regulation of the Private Sector Go Too Far?
2010 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Speech and Commentary: An Originalist Judge and the Media
2008 National Student Symposium
University of Michigan Law School625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2018?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and the Practice Groups
October 1st will mark the first day of oral arguments for the 2018 Supreme Court...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2018?
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty Division and the Practice Groups
October 1st will mark the first day of oral arguments for the 2018 Supreme Court...
Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism
George Will writes for the Washington Post: Authoritarianism, always latent in progressivism, is becoming explicit....
What's the Deal with Cuozzo v. Lee?
Currently pending on the docket of the United States Supreme Court is the case of...
Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2012?
Co-sponsored by the Practice Groups, the Washington DC Lawyers Chapter, and the Faculty Division
October 1st marks the first day of the 2012 Supreme Court Term. Thus far the...