Brian M. Williams was born in Silver Spring, Maryland in 1977 and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 and received his Juris Doctor from Campbell University in 2002.  While in law school, Mr. Williams studied at the University College of London, represented his school in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria, was the Case Law Editor of the Campbell Law Observer, the only student-run legal newspaper of its kind in the country, and was named to the Order of Barristers.

Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Williams joined Yates, McLamb & Weyher, LLP in the fall of 2002.  Mr. Williams is an associate with the firm and serves on the firm’s recruiting committee.  His primary areas of practice include construction litigation, products liability, premises liability, automobile liability, subrogation, and insurance coverage.  Mr. Williams has extensive experience in defending claims involving catastrophic injury, death, or substantial property damage.  He also has experience with a wide array of construction claims including roadway construction, roof collapses, air compressor explosions, bridge collapses, and demolition.  Mr. Williams is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in North Carolina and has trial experience with both defense and subrogation cases.

He is a member of the American, North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations, the Defense Research Institute (DRI), and the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA).  Mr. Williams currently serves on the Membership Committee for the NCADA as well as the legislative subcommittee for the construction practice group of the NCADA.  Mr. Williams has also served as co-chair for the Tenth Judicial District Bar Candidate Interview Committee.  He is a frequent lecturer for both insurance companies and corporations on various topics including loss control practices, accident investigations, current trends in the law, and other various general liability issues.

In 2009, Mr. Williams was selected for inclusion in North Carolina's "Super Lawyers - Rising Stars" edition (a category for attorneys 40 years old and younger) by peer evaluation in the insurance coverage area.  No more than 2.5% of North Carolina attorneys are named to the Rising Stars list.