Stephen F. Williams

Stephen Fain Williams
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Assumed office
September 30, 2001
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office
June 16, 1986 – September 30, 2001
Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Malcolm Richard Wilkey
Succeeded by Janice Rogers Brown
Personal details
Born Stephen Fain Williams
(1936-09-23) September 23, 1936
New York City, New York
Alma mater Yale College B.A.
Harvard Law School J.D.
Occupation Attorney
Profession Jurist
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army Reserve
Years of service 1961 – 1962
Rank Private

Stephen Fain Williams (born September 23, 1936) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Biography

Williams was born on September 23, 1936, in New York City, New York, the son of prominent lawyer C. Dickerman Williams. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1958 from Yale College, where he was a member of the Manuscript Society. He received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1961 from Harvard Law School. He was in the United States Army Reserve as a Private E-2 from 1961 to 1962. He engaged in private practice from 1962 to 1966 and became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1966. From 1969 until his appointment to the bench, he taught at the University of Colorado School of Law. During this time, he also served as a Visiting Professor of Law at UCLA, University of Chicago Law School, and Southern Methodist University and was a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission.

Federal judicial service

Williams is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Williams was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 19, 1986, to a seat vacated by Malcolm R. Wilkey. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 13, 1986, and received commission on June 16, 1986. He assumed senior status on September 30, 2001.[1]

Prominent works

Judge Williams is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles. His most recent work is Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime, 1906–1915: The Creation of Private Property in Russia, a book described by former acting Prime Minister of Russia Yegor Gaidar as "absolutely splendid".

Selected Published Works

References

  1. ↑ Bliss, M.L.; Kennedy, R.A.; Irvine, D.R. (2000). The American Bench. Forster-Long. ISSN 0160-2578. Retrieved 2015-05-15.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Malcolm Wilkey		 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
1986–2001 		Succeeded by
Janice Rogers Brown
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