Sir David Arthur Rhodes Williams KNZM KC (born 17 April 1941) is a New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and international arbitrator.

From 2005 to 2010 he served as Chief Justice of the Cook Islands.

[2] Williams was born in 1941 in Auckland.

[3] In the 2017 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to international law and international arbitration.

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