About William
William Markham graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987. Those academic milestones set the course for a career that moved quickly from clerkships to private practice.
While still in law school he spent a summer in Montréal as a clerk at Ogilvy, Renault in 1986. After graduation he joined Coudert Brothers LLP as an associate in 1988. That early period exposed him to firm practice and to transnational legal work, a thread that appears again later in his career.
By 1990 he was practicing under his own name as principal of the Law Offices of William Markham. A decade later he formed Markham & Associates, an arrangement recorded in 2001, and in 2005 he became a partner in Maldonado & Markham, LLP. In 2012 he took the title of president at LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM MARKHAM, P.C., returning to a firm bearing his name and taking on firm leadership and administrative responsibilities.
He is admitted to practice in both the District of Columbia and California. He also holds memberships in the California Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Bar Association of San Diego County. His professional affiliations include the French-American Chamber of Commerce (San Diego County), reflecting an ongoing interest in cross-border commercial connections.
Those professional steps—clerkship, associate, principal, partner, president—outline a pattern of sustained private-practice work. He has worked inside large firms and in smaller, owner-led practices. That variety has shaped how he approaches client matters and firm management. It has also kept him active in bar and local business organizations tied to San Diego.
He maintains an active private practice through LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM MARKHAM, P.C., and represents clients in matters arising in California and the District of Columbia. His current practice handles client needs across those jurisdictions.
