Jo-Na Williams

Jo-Ná’s life in entertainment began 23 years ago as background vocalist and songwriter and it took a fortuitous turn when she was not credited or compensated for her work. As a result, she committed her life to educating and protecting entrepreneurs through her work as lawyer, coach, instructor, and business advisor on entrepreneurship. 

She founded J.A. Williams Law P.C., to provide entrepreneurs with ways to successfully navigate their businesses by providing assistance with entertainment, business, Internet and intellectual property matters. She is dedicated to issues regarding the rights of entrepreneurs because she believes they are a population highly vulnerable to exploitation without proper knowledge. 

She then founded her coaching company in 2013 to advise entrepreneurs on business, branding and marketing. She believes that entrepreneurship is the path to freedom and security. Some of her clients have written best-selling books, been nominated for Grammys, listed in the Billboard Top 100, Amazon and iTunes Top Album Charts and received local and International acclaim. 

She was recently named one of the Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 by the National Black Lawyers and named Intellectual Property & Business Attorney of the Year by Acquisition International in 2019. She has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, Fortune, MarieTV, Goop and Huffington Post amongst others. She also was named “Alumni Innovator” by Suffolk University’s Institute of Law Practice Technology and Innovation. She has written several articles in publications including Entrepreneur and ABA’s intellectual property magazine, Landslide, and The New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal. She was also one of editors of the American Bar Association’s Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments, 1st edition. 

She has spoken at conferences and conducted workshops around the world including the following venues: NYU, Rent the Runway Foundation’s “Project Entrepreneur” Summit, Summit at Sea, Barnard College, Brooklyn Museum, MoCADA, and Brooklyn College.  She’s an instructor for LinkedIn Learning and Learn@Forbes. She is licensed to practice law in New York. She’s also a certified Yoga Instructor.