Alexander Williams Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Alexander Williams Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1948 · age 78
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Howard 1970 · Howard Law 1973
- Succeeded
- Norman Park Ramsey
- Succeeded by
- George Jarrod Hazel
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of Maryland succeeded Norman Park Ramsey | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Howard University | B.A. | 1970 |
| Howard University School of Law | J.D. | 1973 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Williams was assigned 5,476 district-court cases (1991–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 163 days across 5,476 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 249 of Williams’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 226 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 3 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Williams authored 215 published opinions for the court (1994–2012). Most cited: Amirmokri v. Abraham (179 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Amirmokri v. Abraham | 437 F. Supp. 2d 414 | 179 |
| 2001 | Chung Shin v. Shalala | 166 F. Supp. 2d 373 | 163 |
| 2005 | Moret v. Harvey | 381 F. Supp. 2d 458 | 136 |
| 2010 | Tawwaab v. Virginia Linen Service, Inc. | 729 F. Supp. 2d 757 | 100 |
| 2002 | Turner v. Kight | 192 F. Supp. 2d 391 | 100 |
| 1998 | FLF, INC. v. World Publications, Inc. | 999 F. Supp. 640 | 64 |
| 2008 | Quinteros v. Sparkle Cleaning, Inc. | 532 F. Supp. 2d 762 | 62 |
| 2001 | Solis v. Prince George's County | 153 F. Supp. 2d 793 | 62 |
| 2011 | Bank of America, N.A. v. Jill P. Mitchell Living Trust | 822 F. Supp. 2d 505 | 60 |
| 2008 | Mamani v. Bustamante | 547 F. Supp. 2d 465 | 59 |
| 1995 | Humphrey v. National Flood Insurance Program | 885 F. Supp. 133 | 50 |
| 1995 | Buckley v. Airshield Corp. | 908 F. Supp. 299 | 48 |
| 2009 | CoStar Realty Information, Inc. v. Field | 612 F. Supp. 2d 660 | 45 |
| 2004 | Shaffer v. ACS Government Services, Inc. | 321 F. Supp. 2d 682 | 45 |
| 1995 | Riley v. TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES CORP. | 872 F. Supp. 1454 | 37 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 215 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Alexander Williams Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Alexander Williams Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1994.
- Was Alexander Williams Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Alexander Williams Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Alexander Williams Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Alexander Williams Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on August 17, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Alexander Williams Jr. on?
- Alexander Williams Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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19 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).