Stephen Williams | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
In office June 16, 1986 – September 30, 2001 |
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Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Malcolm Wilkey |
Succeeded by | Janice Rogers Brown |
Personal details | |
Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. |
September 23, 1936
Education |
Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Years of service | 1961–1962 |
Rank | Private |
Unit | Army Reserve |
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.
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.