Carine M. Williams focuses on high-stakes litigation and strategic counseling, especially in government-facing and appellate cases. As a founding member of the Squire Patton Boggs Public Service Initiative (PSI), Carine represents pro bono clients in habeas corpus and prisoner civil rights matters before state, federal and appellate courts. Her practice today draws broadly from nearly 20 years of experience in the law firm, not-for-profit and academic sectors.
Carine previously served as the Chief Program Strategy Officer at The Innocence Project, supervising all exoneration efforts, strategic litigation, policy advocacy, data science and research, and social work.
Carine clerked for the Honorable Deborah Batts of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is also an adjunct professor with the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP) initiative.