Sara L. Williams, Executive Partner

Sara L. Williams is an Executive Partner at Singleton Schreiber focused on personal injury and wrongful death cases. Ms. Williams brings extensive trial experience to the firm as it expands into Birmingham, Alabama.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Williams has secured more than $50 million in verdicts and settlements, including a $12 million verdict against the Birmingham Max Bus System, where the defendant lost consciousness, causing the bus to overturn and crash into a ravine. She has handled complex litigation from pre-trial through verdict in both state and federal courts, earning recognition for her skill in advocating for clients facing life-altering injuries and losses.

Ms. Williams’ leadership experience is equally notable; from 2017 through 2021 she served as Managing Attorney, guiding her previous firm’s expansion to more than 100 attorneys and 400 staff across multiple states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Massachusetts. In 2021, she transitioned from management to focus on her trial practice and launched a widely followed social media platform dedicated to empowering women in law.

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Williams is a passionate educator who has been coaching Cumberland School of Law’s nationally ranked mock trial teams since 2010 and teaching at Cumberland as an adjunct since 2012. She had the honor of serving as Visiting Director of Advocacy Programs at Cumberland School of Law, from the fall of 2023 through the fall of 2025. She has taught Basic Skills in Trial Advocacy and Advanced Skills in Trial Advocacy-Civil and Depositions and Technology. She is also a member of the Alabama State Bar, Birmingham Bar Association, American Association for Justice and more.

Ms. Williams earned her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law in 2006 and her bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 2003. Her work reflects a commitment to client advocacy, firm growth, and fostering the next generation of trial lawyers.

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*Licensed to practice law in Alabama.

Honors & Awards

2027

2027 Best Lawyers in America – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

2026

2026 Birmingham Business Journal – Top Birmingham Women

2021–Present

Alabama Super Lawyer

2024

2024 American Association for Justice – Richard D. Hailey Distinguished Service Award

2022

2022 American Association for Justice Women Trial Lawyers Caucus – Marie Lambert Award

2017

2017 Birmingham Business Journal – Top 40 Under 40

2016

2016 Cumberland School of Law – Volunteer of the Year

Membership

Member, Alabama Association for Justice

Member, American Association for Justice

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Birmingham Bar Association

Member, Magic City Bar Association

Member, Alabama Lawyers Association

Member, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys

Member, Society of Women Trial Lawyers

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