predecessor successor birth_name birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title term_end name alma_mater
malcolm wilkey janice rogers brown stephen fain williams new york city , new york , u.s. senior for the district of columbia circuit judge of the united judge states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit of the united states court of appeals 23 september 1936 september 30 , 2001 june 16 , 1986 ronald reagan stephen f. williams
 september 30 , 2001 stephen f. williams yale university harvard university
stephen f. williams

stephen fain williams -lrb- born september 23 , 1936 -rrb- is a senior circuit judge on the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit .
he was appointed to the court in june 1986 by president ronald reagan , and took senior status in september 2001 .
he was the son of prominent lawyer c. dickerman williams .
stephen f. williams graduated from yale college -lrb- b.a. 1958 -rrb- magna cum laude , where he was a member of manuscript society , and from harvard law school -lrb- j.d. 1961 -rrb- magna cum laude .
judge williams was engaged in private practice from 1962 to 1966 and became an assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york in 1966 .
from 1969 until his appointment to the bench , judge williams 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 .
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 '' .
