Jason Rogers Williams (born November 2, 1972) is an American politician and attorney who is the Orleans Parish district attorney; he assumed office in 2021. From 2014 to 2021, Williams served as the Second Division Councilmember-at-large on the New Orleans City Council. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and was elected district attorney on a progressive platform.

Williams was charged with multiple counts of federal tax fraud. In 2022, he was acquitted of all charges.

Williams was born and spent his adolescence in New Orleans.^[1] He graduated from Woodward Academy, in College Park, Georgia, and attended Tulane University on a football scholarship, where he was elected class president 4 times. Additionally, he attended Tulane Law School, where he was elected class president 2 times.

Shortly after graduating from Tulane Law School, Williams started his own law firm, Jason Rogers Williams & Associates, which he continues to manage. Williams has 3 children.^[2] In 2003, he was appointed Pro Tempore at Criminal District Court by the Louisiana Supreme Court.

In 2018, Williams announced he would be a candidate in the 2020 Orleans Parish district attorney election.^[9] Williams campaigned on massive reforms to the district attorney's office, which has been plagued with allegations of prosecutorial overreach.

His campaign was characterized as progressive and part of a movement of progressive reforms in district attorney positions around the United States.^[10] His policies are in stark contrast to those of his predecessor, Leon Cannizzaro, who held a more traditional "tough on crime" approach as district attorney.

Williams would go on to defeat his opponent Keva Landrum on the December 5th election and assumed office January 11, 2021.^[11][12][13]

Following backlash from a sharp rise in 701 release cases^[14] and an increase in related crimes such as car jackings,^[15] public calls for Williams resignation have been made.^[16] Williams did not step down, but called a press conference to address “701 releases,” an article in State Criminal Court that gives defendants the right to a speedy trial.^[17]

Williams endorsed police monitor Susan Hutson for sheriff, against longtime sheriff Marlin Gusman, in 2022.^[18] Hutson, a progressive, won.^[19]

Williams criticized Dobbs, a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.^[20] He indicated his office would not prosecute abortion providers.^[21][22]