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Charles Joseph Williams
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Active service.
Confirmed 79 to 12Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- February 15, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 21, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 19, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 79 to 12
- Confirmed
- September 6, 2018
- Commissioned
- September 10, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1963, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Donald E. O'Brien, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1988-1990
- Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1992
- Special assistant U.S. attorney (on detail), Eastern District of Virginia, 1991-1992
- Private practice, Kansas City, Missouri, 1992-1997
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Iowa, 1997-2016
- Adjunct professor, University of Iowa College of Law, 2001-
- Instructor, North Iowa Area Community College, 2008-2010
- Adjunct professor, University of South Dakota Law School, 2016
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