Ann Montgomery
| Ann Montgomery | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #5 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 8/6/1996 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Diana Murphy |
| Past post: | Magistrate Judge |
| Past term: | 1994 - 1996 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1949 |
| Home State: | Litchfield, MN |
| Bachelors: | U. of Kansas, B.S., 1971 |
| Law School: | U. of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1974 |
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Ann Montgomery is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She joined the court in 1996 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Litchfield, Minnesota, Montgomery graduated from the University of Kansas in 1971 with her Bachelor's Degree and later obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1974[1].
Professional career
Montgomery was a law clerk for Federal Appeals Judges Gerard Reilly and Hubert Pair in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals from 1974 to 1975.[1]
Judicial Career
District of Minnesota
Montgomery was a Federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota from 1994 to 1996.[1]
On the recommendation of Senators Rod Grams and Paul Wellstone, Montgomery was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President Bill Clinton on November 27, 1995, to a seat vacated by Diana Murphy as Murphy was appointed to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Montgomery was confirmed by the Senate on August 2, 1996 and received commission on August 6, 1996.[2]
Notable cases
Securities Exchange Commission Asset Freeze of Petters Feeder Fund
| United States District Court for the District of Minnesota *U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Petters, et al 0:09-cv-01750-ADM-JSM |
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| In 2009, Tom Petters was convicted for his role in a $3.5 billion Ponzi Scheme. On April 23, 2010, Judge Montgomery approved the sale of Petters' former seven-bedroom home on Lake Minnetonka for $5 million. The proceeds of the sale were intended to pay off the mortgages associated with the property and pay damages to people that lost money in the Ponzi Scheme. [3][4] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Diana Murphy |
District of Minnesota 1996–Current Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
