A western Kentucky judge has filed her paperwork to run for a seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Judge Carla Rene Williams has been circuit judge in Webster, Union and Crittenden counties since 2004. She is a Dixon resident and has been the chief regional circuit judge for the Purchase Region since Chief Justice John Minton appointed her in 2007. She was a district judge for the three counties from January 1990 through November 2004.
She is looking to fill the unexpired term of former Judge Shea Nickell, who resigned after being elected last year to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Judge Williams is currently unopposed in the non-partisan election.