Howard Law School professor Tiffany Williams Brewer named ABA Litigation Section chair | Practice Source - Legal News and Views

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2025 — Tiffany Williams Brewer, an associate professor of law at Howard University School of Law and a former state administrative law judge, has been named chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section.

As chair, Brewer will lead the Litigation Section’s network of more than 30,000 members to meet the section’s mission to provide the knowledge, skills and connections for section members to be more effective and successful litigators, counselors and leaders reflecting the highest ideals of the profession. The section also works to promote diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the profession and judicial system; and support and promote the rule of law as essential to democracy, including through a vital and independent judiciary, ethical rules and fair procedures ensuring access for all and projects to improve the justice system, the profession and serve the underserved and underrepresented.

During her year of service, Brewer’s pillar platforms are focused on advancing the rule of law and strengthening the public’s confidence in the legal system; advancing understanding of AI’s future role in the legal profession; and fostering mental health and wellness in legal professionals.

At Howard University, Brewer teaches ”Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Legislation and Regulation” and a seminar entitled, “Black Women and the Law,” as well as political science courses in judicial process and state and local government. Brewer has over 20 years of experience teaching courses in law, political science, public policy and public administration at universities throughout the U.S. and internationally, where she has also trained legal professionals and judges in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Brewer also serves as a commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and has an extensive career in litigation and public service, including having served as a civil litigator at the law firms of Mintz Levin (Boston office) and Riker Daniz (NJ), as an assistant U.S. attorney, deputy chief counsel to the New Jersey governor, chief counsel to the speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey deputy assistant secretary of state, regulatory officer at the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, chair of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation and as a special assistant to former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. Brewer started her legal career clerking for Judge Frederick L. Brown in the Massachusetts Appeals Court. During law school, she served as an intern at the White House Office of Legal Counsel.

Brewer is also a pastor and co-leads a congregation with her husband. She is the founder of a nonprofit, the Esther Project, where she leads the Esther Institute for the Advancement of Women and Girls. She earned her B.A. and M.P.A. from Rutgers University and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.

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