Omar Antonio Williams at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Omar Antonio Williams
Service record and verification
Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut · Judge · Active · November 12, 2021–present · Assignment source ↗
Appointment and verification
- Appointment method
- Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
- Appointing authority
- Joseph R. Biden
- Source authority
- Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory
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Biography
Professional career
- American attorney and judge serving as a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut since November 22, 2021
- Federal Service: U.S. District Judge, D. Conn. (2021–present)
- Judge, Connecticut Superior Court, Hartford Judicial District, 2016-2021; presiding judge of criminal matters, 2017-2021
- State Service: Connecticut Superior Court Judge (2014–2021)
- Judge, Connecticut Superior Court, New London Judicial District, 2014-2016
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law — J.D. (2002)
- University of Connecticut — B.A. (1998)
Additional information
- Assistant public defender, Connecticut State Division of Public Defender Services, 2003-2014
- Born: 1977, Rochester, NY
- Born 1977 in Rochester, New York.
- Date of birth: 1977
- Williams presides over cases in the Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building in Hartford, Connecticut District of Connecticut.
- During law school, he held the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Public Interest Law Journal and Vice President of the Black Law Students’ Association District of Connecticut.
- He emphasizes that parties communicate through the court docket rather than direct contact with chambers, and he values thorough Rule 26(f) Reports to promote efficient discovery and potential settlements District of Connecticut.
- Birth place: Rochester
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
Courtwide
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Recording and broadcasting
Courtwide
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 3, 2026.
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective November 12, 2021 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗