Danielle N. Williams is Managing Counsel at Allstate Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company, where she leads the Company’s legal defense strategies involving extra-contractual liability and coverage matters in several states. Danielle also counsels business clients on emerging legal issues and risks, provides training and education to the Claims department on extra-contractual risk and good faith claim handling, and serves as a Discovery Subject Matter Expert in the Global Litigation practice group. As a trusted advisor to senior leaders in the Claims and Law departments, she plays a critical role in shaping litigation strategy and risk management.

Before joining Allstate, Danielle was a trial attorney at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company where her practice focused primarily on complex and high exposure insurance defense litigation including, but not limited to, bodily injury, personal injury, premises liability, breach of contract, large property damage claims, commercial liability, and subrogation actions. Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, Danielle was a prosecutor in Baltimore County, Maryland and she has extensive civil and criminal trial experience.

Danielle holds a J.D. from University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where she was an evening student and served as President of the Criminal Law Association, an officer in the Student Bar Association, and member of the Black Law Students Association. She earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice, with a Minor in Business Administration, cum laude, from St. John’s University. Danielle is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and the State of Maryland.

Danielle is passionate about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the legal profession. She is committed to advancing and elevating diverse talent in the legal profession and she finds purpose and passion in promoting the advancement and elevation of a diverse generation of attorneys. She is an alumna of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (“LCLD”) Fellows program, an LCLD Mentor, Harper College Mentor, member of the National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”), Member of the Host Committee for NAWL’s 2025 Annual Meeting, and Co-Vice Chair of the Workshop Committee for NAWL’s General Counsel Institute 2025.
Danielle’s most important work is parenting her young children, ages 3-10, with her partner. Her experience as a mother and woman lawyer is a driving force behind her involvement with Ms. JD and her commitment to the Ms. JD mission.

Danielle Williams