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William M. Skretny
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Senior status since March 8, 2015.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- June 12, 1990
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 19, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 26, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 3, 1990
- Commissioned
- August 7, 1990
- Senior status
- Since March 8, 2015
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1945, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Fellow, Ford Foundation
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1973
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of New York, 1973-1981; first assistant U.S. attorney, 1975-1981
- Special counsel, Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C., 1979
- Staff attorney, Office of Special Prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice, 1980
- Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1981-1983, 1988-1990
- First deputy district attorney, Erie County, New York, 1983-1988
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2013-2016
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