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Stephen Fain Williams

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1986

Stephen Fain Williams , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Stephen Fain Williams (September 23, 1936 – August 7, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until his death from COVID-19 in 2020.

Education

  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1958
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1961

Career

U.S. Army Reserve private E2, 1961-1962; Private practice, New York City, 1962-1966; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1966-1969; Faculty, University of Colorado, 1969-1986; associate professor of law, 1969-1976; professor of law, 1976-1986; Visiting professor, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, 1975-1976; Visiting professor and fellow in law and economics, University of Chicago, 1979-1980; Visiting professor of energy law, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1983-1984

Biography

Stephen Fain Williams (September 23, 1936 – August 7, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until his death from COVID-19 in 2020.

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