Who appointed William Martin Conley?

President Barack Obama appointed William Martin Conley to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in 2010.

Was William Martin Conley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Martin Conley was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William Martin Conley's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed William Martin Conley 99–0 on March 4, 2010.

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William Martin Conley

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, William Martin Conley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1982. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2010
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: University of Wisconsin 1978 · University of Wisconsin Law School 1982
Succeeded: Barbara Brandriff Crabb

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Western District of Wisconsin succeeded Barbara Brandriff Crabb	Obama (D)	99–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 99–0 on March 4, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 43. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

56 D, 41 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

Byron Dorgan(D-ND)

Education

University of Wisconsin	B.A.	1978
University of Wisconsin Law School	J.D.	1982

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Conley was assigned 4,344 district-court cases (1990–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 3,317 closed cases.

Other civil matters47%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other federal statutes8%

Civil rights8%

Contract5%

Intellectual property5%

Other18%

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 359 of Conley’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 264 were affirmed, 56 reversed or vacated, and 39 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, Conley authored 10 published opinions for the court (2010–2012). Most cited: Winnig v. Sellen (9 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
2010	Winnig v. Sellen	731 F. Supp. 2d 855	9
2012	Wisconsin Education Ass'n Council v. Walker	824 F. Supp. 2d 856	6
2010	Douglas Dynamics, LLC v. Buyers Products Co.	747 F. Supp. 2d 1063	5
2010	Goecks v. Pedley	732 F. Supp. 2d 828	4
2010	Jackson v. Raemisch	726 F. Supp. 2d 991	4
2010	Wenfang Liu v. Mund	748 F. Supp. 2d 958	2
2010	Douglas Dynamics, LLC v. Buyers Products Co.	745 F. Supp. 2d 876	1
2010	Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n v. Gannett Co.	716 F. Supp. 2d 773	1
2010	FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC. v. Ayers	748 F. Supp. 2d 982	0
2010	Blue v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers—Local 159	726 F. Supp. 2d 1009	0

Showing the 10 most-cited of 10 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 William Martin Conley?: President Barack Obama appointed William Martin Conley to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in 2010.
Was William Martin Conley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Martin Conley was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Martin Conley's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed William Martin Conley 99–0 on March 4, 2010.
Which court is William Martin Conley on?: William Martin Conley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Sources

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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).