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)