William M. Skretny
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Senior status. Born 1945.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jun 12, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Aug 3, 1990
- Commissioned
- Aug 7, 1990
- Senior status
- Mar 8, 2015
Education
- A.B., Canisius College, 1966
- J.D., Howard University School of Law, 1969
- LL.M., Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), 1972
Career
- Fellow, Ford Foundation
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1973
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of New York, 1973-1981
- first assistant U.S. attorney, 1975-1981
- Special counsel, Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C., 1979
- Staff attorney, Office of Special Prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice, 1980
- Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1981-1983, 1988-1990
- First deputy district attorney, Erie County, New York, 1983-1988
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2013-2016
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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