Biography
Evan Williams is a Senior Director for Alibaba International Global Intellectual Property Enforcement, based in Washington, D.C. Evan retired in 2021 as Senior Counsel from the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), also in Washington, D.C., where he prosecuted intellectual property and cybercrime offenses. From 2016-2021, Evan was posted at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, serving a long-term detail as one of U.S. DOJ’s first International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Attorney-Advisors for Asia. There he acquired his Chinese name: 韋義榮. Before joining CCIPS, Evan served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, and before joining U.S. DOJ, as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office. Evan is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School.
