About Ashley Williams

Republican Ashley Williams took office as Livingston County District Attorney in January 2025 after winning the 2024 election.

From 2020 to 2024, Ashley served as the Senior Social Services Attorney for the Livingston County Department of Social Services. In this role, she provided counsel on all legal matters, including investigations and cases involving child welfare and adult protective services, financial fraud, complicated Medicaid issues and more. She regularly handled cases of sex abuse, physical abuse, child neglect and more.

Before moving into this role at DSS, Ashley spent several years prosecuting criminals as a Livingston County Assistant District Attorney. Earlier in her career, she also served as an Assistant District Attorney in Oneida and Rensselaer Counties and worked as a defense attorney.