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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 13, 2021

William Andrew Lockhart was sworn in as judge of the 14th Judicial District Circuit Court just three days after being appointed to the bench and has not slowed down since then. Within a month of taking office, he was assigned a two-week long medical malpractice jury trial. “I was thrown in pretty quick. It was a surreal experience. I’m just humbled and honored,” he says in an interview with the Administrative Office of the Courts. “You really don’t understand the gravity of the situation until you get up there and start to have to make decisions, so it was humbling.” Lockhart filled a vacancy left by L. Craig Johnson. Prior to his appointment, he worked for Burch & Lockhart in Manchester and was city attorney for Altamont.