William A. Fletcher
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status. Born 1945.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 7, 1997
- Senate vote
- 57 to 41
- Confirmed
- Oct 8, 1998
- Commissioned
- Oct 9, 1998
- Senior status
- Jan 24, 2022
Education
- B.A., Harvard College, 1968
- B.A., University of Oxford, 1970
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1975
Career
- U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1970-1972
- Law clerk, Hon. Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1975-1976
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
- Professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1977-1998
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, April 25, 1995; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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