Biography

John O. Williams is a Berkeley County native, who has served as the head County attorney since 2015. Since March 2021, he has also filled the role of one of the County’s two Deputy Supervisors. He was named Economic Development Director in February 2024. In addition to Economic Development Director, Williams will continue to serve as the head Berkeley County attorney.
Williams graduated from Berkeley High School, then Clemson University with a degree in Civil Engineering and the University of South Carolina with a Juris Doctor degree. After law school, Williams clerked for the Honorable R. Markley Dennis, Jr. of the South Carolina Circuit Court. He later served as an Assistant Solicitor with the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office and then spent several years in private practice.