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Ann D. Montgomery

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Ann D. Montgomery
Montgomery in 2018
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Assumed office
May 31, 2016
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
In office
August 6, 1996 – May 31, 2016
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byDiana E. Murphy
Succeeded byNancy E. Brasel
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
In office
1994–1996
Personal details
Born
Ann Day Olson

(1949-05-09) May 9, 1949 (age 75)
Litchfield, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Kansas (BS)
University of Minnesota (JD)

Ann Day Montgomery (née Olson; born May 9, 1949)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Education and career

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Montgomery was born in Litchfield, Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1974. She was a law clerk to Gerard D. Reilly and Hubert Pair, both of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 1974 to 1975. She was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of Minnesota from 1976 to 1983. She was a judge on the Hennepin County Municipal Court, Minnesota from 1983 to 1985, and of the county's District Court in Minneapolis from 1985 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

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Montgomery became a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1994.

On November 27, 1995, Montgomery was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota vacated by Judge Diana E. Murphy. Montgomery was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 2, 1996, and received her commission on August 6, 1996. She assumed senior status on May 31, 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 28; March 27; May 2; June 25; July 31; September 24, 1996. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1997. p. 122.
  2. ^ Ann D. Montgomery at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
1996–2016
Succeeded by