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Nov. 13, 2013

Helen E. Williams

Judge Helen Williams has found her time as an appellate court staff attorney useful on the bench.

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By Kevin Lee

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - When Robert J. Williams decided to appeal a real property lawsuit he lost at trial, he made a bold choice for appellate co-counsel: his daughter.

Helen E. Williams had yet to take the State Bar exam at the time in 1986, but as a law student, she helped her father brief the case for the 6th District Court of Appeal. Before the younger Williams learned she had passed the bar, she delivered oral arguments b... (continued)

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