Kevin Vincent Williams

Kevin Vincent Williams was a member of the Clark County legal community for more than two decades, beginning his career in 1989 as a law clerk for District Judge Addeliar D. Guy. Admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in 1989, he was also admitted to the Georgia bar and, in 1999, to the bar of the United States Supreme Court. He earned his law degree from Georgia State University and a master's degree in educational psychology from Clark-Atlanta University.

For roughly 16 years, Williams served as a Clark County public defender, handling both misdemeanor and felony matters. In 2006 he returned to the District Court to become its first criminal arraignment hearing master, a role in which he was remembered by Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie Jr. as 'a tireless and conscientious employee who vastly improved our processes and helped this court run more efficiently.'

Williams died on March 30, 2010, at the age of 51. He is survived by his wife, Chestine, and his brothers, District Judge Timothy C. Williams and Dr. Carl N. Williams Jr., both of Las Vegas.