Judge Erica Lee Williams sees discipline and community service as core values grounding her career.
Williams was a practicing attorney when she was appointed to serve as district court judge of the 30th Judicial District in Division 17 by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear in 2009. The following year, Williams was elected to a full term, and then was re-elected in 2014. She currently serves as presiding judge for teen court in Jefferson County.
Williams holds numerous professional accolades, such as being named one of Louisville magazine’s 2014 50 Most Powerful People, as well as a 2013 Enterprising Women to Watch and a 2012 Forty under 40, both in Business First. She has served as the 2010 Honorary Chair for the second annual Lupus Foundation of America’s Walk to End Lupus Now and helps in many other charitable community associations and boards.
Williams and her husband, Jason, reside in Louisville with their daughter.