
Jo-Ná A. Williams, Esq. is an award-winning attorney, founder, advisor, and instructor who founded J.A. Williams Law P.C. in 2011 to provide entrepreneurs, and thought leaders with ways to successfully navigate their careers, secure their companies, and provide assistance with business and intellectual property matters. She founded her coaching company in 2013 to advise creatives and business owners on entrepreneurship. She believes owning your own business is a path to freedom, security, and authentic creative expression. Some of her clients have written New York Times best-selling books, been nominated for Grammys, listed in the Billboard Top 100, Amazon and iTunes Top Album Charts and received local and international acclaim. She’s been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fortune, Black Enterprise, Marie TV, and The Root. She has spoken at Facebook, LinkedIn, NYU, and Rent The Runway, amongst others. She was recently named one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 in New York by the National Black Lawyers and Intellectual Property & Business Attorney of the Year by Acquisition International in 2019. She’s an instructor for LinkedIn Learning and Learn@Forbes and is a Board Member of the LGBT Center in New York. She’s licensed to practice law in New York.