Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: L. Judson WILLIAMS

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1999.
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From West Wirginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual - 1917

L. JUDSON WILLIAMS (Republican), was born in Greenbrier county,
October 18, 1856. His ancestors were pioneers of that county. He was educated
in the common schools and the West Virginia University, and took his law course
in the University of Virginia. After spending some time in teaching, he was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1888 and later formed a law partnership with Judge Charles
8. Dice, under the firm name of Williams & Dice, which firm had a large and
important practice in the State and Federal Courts.

Judge Williams was a member of the State Tax Commission of 1901-2 and
assisted in drafting the bills which were the basis of the new tax system adopted
in 1904. From 1903 to 1908, he was a member of the State University Board of
Regents and took great interest in the duties of that position.

In 1908 he was the Republican nominee for the supreme bench, and was elected.
He has served two terms as president of that august tribunal. His
painstaking application to his judicial duties, and his clear and comprehensive
written opinions, have won the commendation of the bar of the State. His
judicial temperament, persistent industry and physical vigor give promise of
long continued usefulness on the bench.

Judge Williams is a thirty-second degree Mason, an active official in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, and is identified with several charitable organiza-
tions. His public spirit is shown in the uniform interest he takes in community
betterment and the State's welfare.