WITHERSPOON LAW GROUP - Key Persons
In 2023, a Texas jury awarded a record-setting $105 million verdict against a trucking company. In 2024, a Missouri federal jury issued a $158 million jury verdict in favor of the family of a man killed on an Amtrak train. "It always seems impossible until it is done." Those words capture the spirit of Trial Attorney Nuru Witherspoon and provide the cornerstone of The Witherspoon Law Group, the #1 Trusted Law Firm for serious injury and wrongful death cases.
Witherspoon's legal accomplishments include some of the largest recoveries in America, and his cases have been featured on CNN, ABC, CNBC, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and international media outlets. Witherspoon served as lead counsel on many high-profile cases and won millions for clients throughout his career.
Nuru Witherspoon was raised in East St. Louis, Illinois, and College Park, Georgia. Nuru is married with six children. In 2019, The Witherspoon Law Group built a state-of-the-art Community Center to promote black culture, heritage, and values through programs and services.
"The Witherspoon Law Group is the #1 Trusted Law Firm in America for serious injury and wrongful death cases," Nuru Witherspoon, founder of The Witherspoon Law Group.
Kamaria (Kay) Harper Williams is a partner at The Witherspoon Law Group, where she focuses on wrongful death and serious injury cases.
Prior to joining The Witherspoon Law Group, Williams owned and operated her own firm. During its ten years of existence, she successfully obtained millions of dollars in compensation for her clients. Before founding her own firm, she worked at Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson, & Sperando (The Willie Gary Firm), working on multi-million dollar cases, involving wrongful deaths, catastrophic injuries, and class action lawsuits.
Williams is active in the Jacksonville community. She is Chairwoman of the Jacksonville Urban League Economic and Community Development Foundation and formerly served as a board member on the Downtown Investment Authority after being appointed to that position by Mayor Alvin Brown. Williams is also involved with Families of Slain Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting families who have lost a loved one to violent crime.
Williams was born and raised in Gainesville, FL, and is married with two children