Dana L. Williams

About Dana

Dana L. Williams is an alumni of the University of Puget Sound Law School (now Seattle University School of Law), and has practiced law in Lewis County since 1982. His practice has included almost every type of case from traffic infractions to Federal District Court civil litigation. He has tried cases in almost every county within the State of Washington.  His experience allows him to quickly analyze facts and provide clients with a simple and honest, straight forward appraisal and analysis of a case.  Dana presents options to his clients based on reality and facts, followed by an understanding of goals and action steps to be taken.

Dana’s practice emphasizes criminal defense, real property, timber litigation, and family law litigation.  He has a strong interest in representing and counseling small business enterprises and has spent considerable time defending small business owners.  Dana has been asked to serve as Judge Pro Tem in Lewis County Superior Court (Juvenile Division), Lewis County District Court, and the Municipal Courts of Centralia, Chehalis, Napavine, Winlock and Vader.  Dana considers the preparation and presentation of a legal case to be a true collaboration between Client and Attorney.  Clients are expected to actively participate in each part of their case.

Dana has successfully defended numerous defendants in the Superior, District and Municipal Courts of Lewis County as well as other counties around the State of Washington.  Although no attorney can guarantee a particular outcome, Dana is able to say he has a high success rate.

Dana Williams has lived in Lewis County since 1945 and his roots run deep.  Prior to becoming an attorney, he labored long and hard in farming, logging, and construction.  He served for 43 years as a career and volunteer firefighter.  Through his experience of working in the forest, fields and mills, he has been faced with and overcome just about every imaginable kind of physical challenge available to an individual who works labor.  As a result, Dana is physically and mentally strong, and these attributes carry over to his legal career.

Dana has been married for 50 years and has accumulated during those years, a family which includes four children, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  His love of family and experience over those last 50 years serve as the foundation for his commitment to resolution of cases for his clients which are fair, equitable, and to their ultimate benefit.

He is a military veteran, having served in the United States Air Force from 1964-1968, that service having provided to him a particularly thorough understanding of people who have served our country in the military.