Judge
Hon. Randy J. Williams
Benton County (IN), Indiana
Hon. Randy J. Williams has presided over 1,016 cases in our database. View their complete ruling history and outcome statistics below.
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<b>Randy Williams</b> is a judge for the <a href="/Tippecanoe_County_Superior_Court,_Indiana" title="Tippecanoe County Superior Court, Indiana">Tippecanoe County Superior Court</a> in <a href="/Tippecanoe_County,_Indiana_(Judicial)" title="Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Judicial)">Tippecanoe County</a>, <a href="/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>. He was elected to the court on November 4, 2008, and took office in January 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>
</p><p>Williams was re-elected on November 4, 2014, for a term that expires on December 31, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-2014elect_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014elect-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Indiana_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Indiana judicial elections, 2014">Indiana judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Williams ran for re-election to the <a href="/Tippecanoe_County_Superior_Court,_Indiana" title="Tippecanoe County Superior Court, Indiana">Tippecanoe County Superior Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> He ran unopposed in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> primary on May 6, 2014.<br><b>General</b>: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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<p>Williams received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> degree from the Albany Law School.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<p>Before joining the <a href="/Tippecanoe_County_Superior_Court,_Indiana" title="Tippecanoe County Superior Court, Indiana">Tippecanoe County Superior Court</a>, Williams was a partner at the law firm of <i>Ball Eggleston, PC</i> in Lafayette, <a href="/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>. He also previously served as a judge pro tem for the courts in <a href="/Tippecanoe_County,_Indiana_(Judicial)" title="Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Judicial)">Tippecanoe County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="/Tippecanoe_County,_Indiana_(Judicial)" title="Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Judicial)">Tippecanoe County, Indiana</a></li>
<li><a href="/Courts_in_Indiana" title="Courts in Indiana">Courts in Indiana</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Indiana" title="Judicial selection in Indiana">Judicial selection in Indiana</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.in.gov/judiciary/3487.htm"><i>The Judicial Branch of Indiana</i>, "Trial Judges Alphabetical Listing"</a></li></ul>
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