Judge La Tasha C. Williams

Judge Williams was elected to the bench on November 4, 2025. She is a graduate of St. John’s College High School (1999), Temple University (B.A., 2003), Wilmington University (M.S., 2004), and Widener University Commonwealth Law School (J.D., 2017).

Judge Williams has devoted her career to public service and advocacy. Her prior service includes roles as a Commissioner for Susquehanna Township, a judicial law clerk, and a legislative research analyst with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Earlier in her career, she also worked as a licensed beautician in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, an early intervention services coordinator, and a high school teacher in Philadelphia, experiences that shaped her commitment to community engagement and equity.

Following law school, Judge Williams served as an Assistant District Attorney in York and Franklin Counties, where she prosecuted a wide range of juvenile and adult criminal matters. In 2022, she founded Williams Law Group in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Drawing on decades of advocacy experience, she focused her practice on court-appointed and pro bono representation, defending individuals from arrest through post-conviction relief, including work on behalf of the wrongly convicted.

Judge Williams has served on the boards of nonprofit organizations and is a member of the Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Franklin County, and York County Bar Associations. She is especially passionate about volunteering her time with adolescents. Judge Williams is the proud mother of her young daughter.