Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Seventh Circuit

Ann Claire Williams

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Former Born 1949, Detroit, MI 1 panel seat recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
CA70902
Nominated
Aug. 5, 1999
Committee hearing
Oct. 26, 1999
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 4, 1999
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Nov. 10, 1999
Commissioned
Nov. 15, 1999
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
June 5, 2017
Service ended
Jan. 16, 2018Retirement

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Judge April 4, 1985 Nov. 17, 1999 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Nov. 15, 1999 Jan. 16, 2018 Retirement William J. Clinton

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
United States v. Everette O. Baker, D/B/A Bettye's Touch Above, D/B/A Fantasyland Theater & Arcade, D/b/a/ Fantasyland Night Club, D/B/A Fantasyland Massage Parlor, D/B/A Fantasy Massages, D/B/A Fantasy Massage Parlor, D/B/A American Printing & Publishing Company Decided Sept. 20, 2000

Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.