During her time at Saint Louis University School of Law, Alexus served as Vice President and Chapter President for the Black Law Students Association. Additionally, she held two regional officer positions within the National Black Law Students Association.

Alexus is community-focused and engaged, serving on numerous committees and boards. Alexus is Secretary for the Young Lawyers Division of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), and a Member at Large of the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.

Alexus is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and serves on the Social Action Committee for the St. Louis Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter. 

Q: Why did you decide to attend law school?
AW: Honestly, I decided to attend law school on a whim. I applied to take the LSAT as a joke after a night out with some of my friends during my senior year at Howard University. It was completely random yet destined. 

Q: What types of cases do you handle?
AW: Formerly, I served as a Special Victims Unit prosecutor. I specialized in domestic violence and lower-level sexual misconduct crimes. Being a prosecutor was the most rewarding experience of my life thus far. I now focus on Asbestos Litigation and some general liability. 

Q: What is your approach or philosophy to winning or representing a case?
AW: My approach to winning or representing a case is to be relatable, personable, prepared, and always present the truth.

Q: What was the most challenging part of law school for you?
AW: Law school was challenging for me due to my personal life. In my first year and a half, I lost two grandmothers, my great-grandmother, and a younger cousin that was murdered. It was not easy watching my family deteriorate and living seven hours from home. I learned that life continues to go on, even when you don’t want to. It was not easy to keep up, but I persevered through for them. 

Q: What are the best practices you have employed to build a successful career? 
AW: One word, networking.

Q: What's the greatest fear you've had to overcome to get where you are today?  
AW: The greatest fear that I’ve had to overcome is the fear of messing up. I’ve learned that you’ll never know what you are capable of if you don’t try. My mother always told me that people aren’t perfect, so making mistakes means that you’re human.

Q: What’s one lesson you’ve learned in your career that you can share with our audience?
AW: One lesson that I would like to share is encouraging people to go after anything and everything that they want in life. Apply for that job or school, start that business, or execute that idea. You never know how what’s inside of you will impact people and change the world, even if it is in the slightest way. Last year I spearheaded a voter’s education initiative, “Promote the Vote.” Had I never executed my idea, we would not have been able to provide over 4500 mail-in ballots and have Midland States Bank provide free notary services to the entire St. Louis region for the 2020 primary and general elections. 

Q: What are some of the challenges you feel women face today?
AW: I feel like the biggest challenge for professional women is the ability to balance work and womanhood. For some women, the decision to have children or get married can literally mean death to their careers. The reverse edge of that sword is that by societal standards, we’ve “failed” as a woman if we don’t have children or a family. As society progresses, it is essential to apply pressure to break those stereotypes and societal fallacies about women. 

Q: What advice would you give to young women who want to succeed in the workplace?
AW: If I could share advice with my younger self, it would be to create a one-year, three-year and five-year plan for your career, set boundaries, and be selfish.

Q: What would be the title of your autobiography?
AW: All Things Work Together for Good, named after the scripture, Romans 8:28.

Five Things About Attorney Alexus Williams 

1. Best and worst flavor ice cream?
The best ice cream flavor, and my personal favorite, is Gooey Butter Cake Ice Cream from Jeni’s. Chocolate ice cream is the absolute worst. 

2. What would your perfect vacation look like? 
My perfect vacation would be a trip to Thailand. 

3. What’s your signature drink? 
My signature drink is a Prickly Pear Margarita. Bricktop’s in Frontenac has the best one in St. Louis.

4. Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest? 
I think that it’s a tie between touch and smell for the strongest of my five senses.

5. Would you rather cook or order in? 
I prefer to cook when I have time.