GEOFFREY WILLIAMS JOINS CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS AS COO
Nov 13, 2009
Cunningham Bounds, LLC is pleased to announce that Geoffrey M. Williams
has been hired to serve as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Most recently, Mr. Williams served as the COO and CIO of a Florida-based
law firm that serves Fortune 100 and Global 100 companies and large institutions.
He has 17 years of business operations experience, which includes 10 years
in the legal industry.
Mr. Williams earned The Graduate Certificate in Law Firm Management from
The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is one of 308
Certified Legal Managers (CLM) worldwide credentialed by the Association
of Legal Administrators (ALA). Mr. Williams graduated
cum laude
from Huntingdon College. While there, he was a member of the Tri-Sigma
Honors Society and a founding member of Huntingdon’s Chapter of
the ODK National Leadership Honor Society. After college, Mr. Williams
obtained a graduate degree from Princeton Seminary.
Mr. Williams actively engages in professional development and leadership
efforts for various organizations. He was named 2007 ACEL Member of the
Year and is an invited alumnus of the Indiana University Professional
Development Seminar. He has led seminars for regional and national conferences
for the Association of College Unions International (ACUI), the National
Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) and the American Speech
Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), among others. He is a member of the
Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), American Management Association
(AMA), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and an Associate
Member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and its Law Practice Management Section.
Mr. Williams’ interests include composing and recording music in
a variety of genres, playing electronic keyboards and trumpet, being involved
in his children’s activities and church activities, and watching
college sports. He performed as a guest instrumentalist with the University
of Florida Symphony Orchestra, appeared live with several acclaimed musicians
of various styles of music in assorted venues in the United States and
England, and has appeared on several recordings.
Mr. Williams is married to the former Marjorie A. Linnell of Ft. Walton
Beach, FL. They currently reside in Daphne, AL with their three children.