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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 26, 2024

Newly elected family court Judge Stephanie Williams made history Sunday, becoming the first Black woman to preside over a Davidson County circuit court. She was sworn in at a ceremony on the campus of Trevecca Nazarene University, which was one of the stops on her educational path. Shaped by personal experience as an attorney and a petitioner in family court, Williams says she aims to make family court proceedings more “relational” and less “transactional” whenever possible, while making process more accessible for all. “I hope that they walk away feeling like there is a future, and that they have a hope in that future,” she said of her courtroom, according to the Nashville Banner