Eboni Williams
Introduction
Eboni Kiuhnna Williams is an American attorney and television host. She co-hosts a talk show on WABC Radio in New York City and was a co-host of Fox News Channel's 2017 show Fox News Specialists.
Early life
Williams was reared by a self-employed single mother. She received her B.A. in Communications and African-American studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she earned her law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. As a law student, Williams clerked for the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Louisiana Attorney General's office, and also assisted New Orleans councilmembers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Career
In 2008, Williams provided legal counsel in family law and civil litigation. She was a public defender and returned to private practice in 2010. Williams provided representation for clients in homicide, rape, drug, sex crime, and federal offense cases. She was a correspondent for ABC News and a contributor for Fox News, with appearances on Hannity and The O’Reilly Factor, and has appeared as a co-host on Outnumbered and The Five. Williams was a co-host for the Fox News Specialists afternoon show that first aired May 1, 2017, with co-hosts Eric Bolling and Katherine Timpf. The show was created after the departure of Bill O'Reilly to rebuild the Fox News Channel lineup. Fox News Specialists was cancelled on September 8, 2017, after Eric Bolling departed from the network.
On June 5, 2017, Williams joined WABC Radio as co-host of a noon-to-3 p.m. talk show along with long-time radio personality Curtis Sliwa, replacing Ron Kuby as Sliwa's co-host on the show.