In every profession there’s a pinnacle to which practitioners aspire. Lora Williams is there.
Williams, a Decatur County native, was admitted this week to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court Bar in Washington, DC. She is one of five new admittees from the Indiana Bar Association now deemed worthy to argue legal cases before the highest court in the land.
“I’m not expecting to ever argue a case, but I now have the privilege to sit in on any court case when the public cannot,” Williams said. “If there ever was an Indiana case that did make it to the Supreme Court level, I would be on the list of attorneys to call for representation.”
The admission ceremony was preceded by the delivery of three opinions issued by the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice, John Roberts Jr., welcomed the class of admittees to the Bar after the oath was administered by the Clerk of the Supreme Court. All nine Justices were present on the bench for the admission.
“It is very rare to see all nine justices there at once giving opinions over cases brought forth to the supreme court,” Williams said. “I enjoyed watching them interact and argue for cases.”
Williams was joined at the admission ceremony by her parents, Norman and Jean Reed of Greensburg, her husband Tim and daughter Jessica.
“One of my sponsors, who is a good friend of mine, applied to be apart of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar and had a great experience. He encouraged me to do it also so I applied in December,” she said.
Williams is a 1989 South Decatur High School graduate and has been practicing law for 10 years. She is currently in Central Indiana and is the sole owner of Williams Law Office, PC of Indianapolis. She is, however, in the process of having a home built near Greensburg to be closer to her family.
“I have to be where my roots are” she said. “Plus I have a daughter who is always asking to visit her grandparents and we’re too far away to do that all the time right now.”
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