Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Travis Williams was inspired by the hardships he encountered hardships he continues to see every day in the faces of his clients.
“I was raised by my aunt. I never knew my father. My mother was going through things with drugs,” says Williams, who is now an assistant public defender in Gainesville. “And so all I had was my aunt. She raised me to be a man and to be tough and I fought my way through growing up.”