Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Appointed to the Sacramento County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 2023; appointed Yolo County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2018; deputy secretary, general counsel, California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, 2016-18; deputy attorney general, California Department of Justice, 2001-15; associate, Boutin Jones Inc., Sacramento, 2000-01; associate, Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP, Santa Rosa, 1998-2000; associate, Bolling, Walter & Gawthrop, Sacramento, 1996-98.
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law
WOODLAND -- On the wall of Superior Court Judge Peter M. Williams' office is an old black-and-white photo of several participants in one of the early Tour de France races ... smoking cigarettes.
"I love that photo," Williams said. "That might have been at the time when they still thought smoking gave you energy."
Near it is a color photo of Williams during a race in his own amateur cyc... (continued)