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Steptoe & Johnson LLP

https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/onika-k-williams.html

Program Year

Fellow: 2022

Areas of Practice

  • Transportation

Leadership Positions

Onika Williams advises clients on a variety of issues before the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Clients benefit from her experience as a legal advisor in the STB's Office of Proceedings. While there, she advised the Board in proceedings arising under the ICC Termination Act of 1995, involving questions of statutory, administrative, and constitutional law. Prior to the STB, Onika served as a Law Clerk at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission where she advised and assisted three-judge boards in adjudicating cases under the Atomic Energy Act, regarding nuclear safety, security, and the environment. Outside of private practice, Onika is involved with the National Bar Association (NBA) and is the Immediate Past Chair of the NBA's Young Lawyers Division. Under her leadership, the YLD was named the 2020-21 NBA Division of the Year. Additionally, Onika is a Team Editor for Litigation News, an American Bar Association Litigation Section publication.

Law School

Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)