M. Quentin Williams

M. Quentin Williams is an author, attorney and prolific international speaker who has worked as an executive with the National Football League’s (“NFL”) headquarters office in New York City and the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. He is also a former FBI Agent, former federal prosecutor and has served as an executive with the National Basketball Association (“NBA”).

A strong community leader and mentor, Quentin is an advocate for self-empowerment and service to others. He founded the not-for-profit Dedication To Community Tour and is a Visiting Contributor at St. John’s University School of Law (“SJUL”), his alma mater. Quentin is also on the Executive Committee for SJUL’s Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development, the Advisory Board for SJUL’s International and Comparative Sports Law LLM Program and is a member of the Executive Committee for Seton Hall University’s Center for Leadership Development. Quentin is on the Board of Directors for Samaritan’s Feet International (“SFI”), a not-for-profit organization that has had a positive impact on millions of people worldwide. He also serves as the Chair of the Sports & Entertainment Committee for SFI.

Quentin currently serves as a business adviser/strategist and legal expert with a wealth of knowledge and experience in wide-ranging areas of business. With more than 25 years of established business expertise and over 20 years of legal experience, he is a trusted confidant and well-respected educator with a lengthy record of successful deal-making and community advocacy.

This pedigree serves Quentin well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Butler Lappert Williams Firm PC – a full-service law firm in New York City. Quentin represents the legal and business interests of companies and individuals in industries including the sports, entertainment, fashion, media, technology, medical, legal, financial, law enforcement and education arenas.

Additionally, Quentin is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Williams Media and Marketing Group, L.L.C. (“Williams Media”), a Los Angeles-based media and marketing company. Founded in 2002, Williams Media is a company dedicated to the production of independent film, television and literary projects, as well as brand development for domestic and international properties.

After graduating in the top three percent of his class from Charles E. Gorton High School in Yonkers (New York), receiving All-State football honors and being offered numerous academic and athletic scholarships from America’s leading universities, Quentin attended Boston College (“BC”) on a full football scholarship. In 1987, he received a degree in Economics from BC and then worked as an administrator with a New York City law firm for one year before attending SJUL.

In 1991, Quentin graduated from law school with a concentration in Labor Law and worked as a litigator for one year with a New York City law firm before receiving an appointment to serve as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”).

After several years of service and being recognized on numerous occasions by the FBI’s Director for his excellence and dedication as a law enforcement officer, Quentin accepted an offer to work with the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Connecticut as a federal prosecutor. Quentin prosecuted both white collar and blue collar cases as an Assistant United States Attorney, and then transitioned into the world of professional sports when he accepted a job with the NFL in New York City. He worked on off-field policy issues for the NFL.

A position with the Jacksonville Jaguars followed where Quentin negotiated player contracts and supervised several departments in Football Operations. The team was awarded the NFL’s “Most Outstanding Player Development Program” under Quentin’s guidance.

Subsequently, Quentin served as the Team President for the North Charleston Lowgators, a NBA minor league team that was spotlighted during its championship run in an ESPN reality series called “Down Low – Life in the D-League”. While with the NBA, Quentin was selected by the Charleston Regional Business Journal as one of the city’s most influential “40 Under 40” business leaders in 2002.

An in demand keynote speaker, Quentin has addressed business, political and community leaders at events worldwide.

Quentin was born on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and raised in New York City and Yonkers. He and his wife, Brenda, have a son and a daughter.