Treveccan Stories: From Campus to Courtroom

Trevecca graduate Stephanie Williams made local history in her election to the bench of Davidson County's circuit court.

In an historic outcome for Nashville's judicial system, Stephanie Williams was elected this August as a judge in the Fourth Circuit Court, becoming the first African American woman to serve in that position.

Long before she took office, her unconventional path to the bench illustrated her determination and passion to fulfill a calling as a servant leader.

After graduating high school in 1992, Williams began attending Fisk University and soon became a mother to two children. She made a choice to leave school and focus on her new family. After years of balancing a variety of jobs, she ended up as a law clerk at an entertainment law firm, where owner Richard Manson saw her potential.