Karen J. Williams

Infobox Judge
name = Karen J. Williams
office = Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
termstart = 2007
termend =
nominator = "Automatic succession"
appointer =
predecessor = William Walter Wilkins
successor = Incumbent
office2 = Judge on Fourth Circuit
termstart2 = 1992
termend2 =
nominator2 = George H. W. Bush
appointer2 =
predecessor2 = Robert Foster Chapman
successor2 = Incumbent
birthdate = 1951
birthplace = Orangeburg, SC
deathdate =
deathplace =
spouse =

Karen J. Williams, (born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1951) is Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She was appointed to that court by President George H.W. Bush on January 27, 1992, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Foster Chapman. She was confirmed by the Senate on February 27, 1992, and received her commission on March 2, 1992.

Judge Williams received her B.A. at Columbia College in 1972, and her Juris Doctor at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1980.

Williams has been mentioned as being on the list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States.

ee also

*George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates

External links

* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2598