Kathleen M. Williams
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| Kathleen M. Williams | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 8/2/2011 - Current |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | Duke University '78 |
| Law School: | University of Miami Law '82 |
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Kathleen M. Williams is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She joined the court in 2011 after an appointment from Barack Obama.
2010 federal court nomination
On July 21, 2010, President Obama nominated Williams for judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. [1]
She was rated as "Well Qualified" by a substantial majority and "Qualified" by a minority of the American Bar Association. [2]
Judiciary Committee hearing
Nomination returned to President
Williams's nomination was returned to the President at the end of the 111th congress.
Nomination resubmitted
President Obama resubmitted the nomination on January 5, 2011.
Confirmation
Williams was confirmed to her post by a Senate voice vote on August 2, 2011.[3]
Education
Williams received her B.A. from Duke University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1982. [1]
Career
After graduating from law school, Williams worked in private practice until 1984. Next, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for four years. In 1988, she returned to private practice. Two years later, she became Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Southern Florida. In 1995, she was named Federal Public Defender for that district and has served in that capacity since. [1]
Awards and Associations
- 2002-2008 Chairperson, Federal Defender Advisory Group and representative to the Defender Services Committee of the Judicial Conference [1]
References
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • Diana Saldaña • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • | ||
| Unconfirmed |
Louis Butler • Gershwin Drain • Timothy Hillman • Patty Shwartz • Charles Day • Linda T. Walker • Robin Rosenbaum • John T. Fowlkes • Gonzalo P. Curiel • Goodwin Liu • Victoria F. Nourse • Susan Hickey • Caitlin J. Halligan • Michael C. Green • Natasha P. Silas • Mary Geiger Lewis • Corinne Ann Beckwith • Steve Six • Jeffrey J. Helmick • Rosemary Marquez • Paul Watford • Richard Gary Taranto • Robert Shelby • Kevin McNulty • | ||
