McWilliams, Turner Karen

Ms. McWilliams serves as NACHC’s first Chief Legal Officer. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of Maplewood Advisors, PLLC, Board Secretary of the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia (CFNOVA), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL).  

Ms. McWilliams has extensive experience as a strategic legal advisor in the information services and technology, financial services, and government contracting sectors. Most recently, she served as General Counsel for PDV Spectrum Holding Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Anterix (ATEX). She previously served as Deputy General Counsel at Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and Global Head of Employment Law for E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), a Morgan Stanley company (MS). Earlier in her career, she was a partner at DLA Piper US LLP. She also served as a substitute judge for the Virginia 19th Judicial Circuit District Court and as an adjunct professor of law at her alma mater. 

Ms. McWilliams is a four-time legal award recipient, including recognition as a “Super Lawyer” in Virginia and Washington, D.C. by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine. In 2021, she was named one of WashingtonExec’s “Top 15 General Counsels to Watch.” 

Ms. McWilliams earned her Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law, where she served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development. She resides in Fairfax County, Virginia with her Weimaraner, Rafiki.