The future lies ahead for Judge Bill Lewis after he was sworn into the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on Thursday.
Lewis acknowledged his past in his investiture service in front of the appellate courts of Alabama, including the state’s supreme court. Lewis is the fourth Black individual to serve as a judge in the appellate courts and first on the court of civil appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Supreme Court associate justice William B. Sellers, administers the oath of office to Judge Bill Lewis as his wife Jenna, mother Dorothy and son Billy look on.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis, right, takes a photograph with state rep. Kenneth Pascal.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis, center, takes a photograph with former Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, left, and Wetumpka JROTC instructor SFC Danny Hunter.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis stands in the middle of the Alabama Supreme Court Courtroom as his mother Dorothy Lewis is pushed in by Billy Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Guests watch as the investiture service for Bill Lewis is held Thursday.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard waits to present the colors before Judge Bill Lewis took the oath of office.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County District Court Judge Glen Goggans gives the invocation at the investiture of Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County District Court Judge Glen Goggans gives the invocation at the investiture of Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presents the colors.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presents the colors.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ sister Desirae Lewis Jackson sings the National Anthem at her brother’s investiture service.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI State Sen. Will Barfoot, left, and Clyde Chambliss were in attendance at Thursday’s investiture oof Judge Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presented the colors at Judge Bill Lewis’ investiture.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presented the colors at Judge Bill Lewis’ investiture.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is greeted by Judge Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Civil rights attorney Fred Gray spoke when Judge Bill Lewis was sworn as a circuit court judge in 2016 and again Thursday as Lewis was sworn in as a panelist on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Retire circuit court judge John Bush, left, helped Judge Bill Lewis get bis start in law back in 2003.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Supreme Court associate justice William B. Sellers, administers the oath of office to Judge Bill Lewis as his wife Jenna, mother Dorothy and son Billy look on.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Supreme Court associate justice William B. Sellers, administers the oath of office to Judge Bill Lewis as his wife Jenna, mother Dorothy and son Billy look on.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ mother Dorothy and wife Jenna robe him as part of Lewis investiture on to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ mother Dorothy and wife Jenna robe him as part of Lewis investiture on to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ mother Dorothy and wife Jenna robe him as part of Lewis investiture on to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis hugs his mother Dorothy Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis hugs his wife Jenna.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis hugs his son Billy.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis posed for photographs after his investiture service for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Thursday.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis greets friends and family after his investiture service for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Supreme Court associate justice William B. Sellers, administers the oath of office to Judge Bill Lewis as his wife Jenna, mother Dorothy and son Billy look on.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis, right, takes a photograph with state rep. Kenneth Pascal.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis, center, takes a photograph with former Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, left, and Wetumpka JROTC instructor SFC Danny Hunter.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis stands in the middle of the Alabama Supreme Court Courtroom as his mother Dorothy Lewis is pushed in by Billy Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Guests watch as the investiture service for Bill Lewis is held Thursday.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard waits to present the colors before Judge Bill Lewis took the oath of office.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County District Court Judge Glen Goggans gives the invocation at the investiture of Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County District Court Judge Glen Goggans gives the invocation at the investiture of Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presents the colors.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presents the colors.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ sister Desirae Lewis Jackson sings the National Anthem at her brother’s investiture service.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI State Sen. Will Barfoot, left, and Clyde Chambliss were in attendance at Thursday’s investiture oof Judge Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presented the colors at Judge Bill Lewis’ investiture.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI The Wetumpka High School JROTC color guard presented the colors at Judge Bill Lewis’ investiture.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is greeted by Judge Bill Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Civil rights attorney Fred Gray spoke when Judge Bill Lewis was sworn as a circuit court judge in 2016 and again Thursday as Lewis was sworn in as a panelist on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Retire circuit court judge John Bush, left, helped Judge Bill Lewis get bis start in law back in 2003.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Supreme Court associate justice William B. Sellers, administers the oath of office to Judge Bill Lewis as his wife Jenna, mother Dorothy and son Billy look on.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Alabama Supreme Court associate justice William B. Sellers, administers the oath of office to Judge Bill Lewis as his wife Jenna, mother Dorothy and son Billy look on.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ mother Dorothy and wife Jenna robe him as part of Lewis investiture on to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ mother Dorothy and wife Jenna robe him as part of Lewis investiture on to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis’ mother Dorothy and wife Jenna robe him as part of Lewis investiture on to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis hugs his mother Dorothy Lewis.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis hugs his wife Jenna.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis hugs his son Billy.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis speaks after taking the office to serve on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis posed for photographs after his investiture service for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Thursday.
PHOTOS: Ivestiture of Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Cliff Williams / TPI Judge Bill Lewis greets friends and family after his investiture service for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
