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Sep. 16, 2019

Managing Chaos

Former juvenile probation officer Benjamin Williams can deal with courtroom upsets

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Managing Chaos

Benjamin W. Williams

Santa Clara County (Palo Alto)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 2023; elected commissioner by Santa Clara County Superior Court judges, Aug. 27, 2018; sole practitioner, San Jose, 2008-18; associate, Manchester, Williams & Seibert, San Jose, 2003-08

Law School: University of Santa Clara School of Law
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Benjamin Williams

PALO ALTO — The Williams family are the gym rats of Palo Alto’s legal community — at least that’s how Commissioner Benjamin Williams likes to put it.

He used to be a defense attorney; his sister, Jennifer L.W. Hultgren, is a Santa Clara County deputy public defender; and their father, John Williams, worked in criminal defense until he retired a few years ago. Williams currently helms Department 84, a misdemeanor court at ... (continued)

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