Ann D. Montgomery

Ann D. Montgomery
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Incumbent
Assumed office May 31, 2016
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Incumbent
Assumed office August 6, 1996
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Diana E. Murphy
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
In office 1994–1996
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 74–75) Litchfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Kansas University of Minnesota Law School

Ann D. Montgomery (born 1949) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Born in Litchfield, Minnesota, Montgomery received a B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1971 and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1974. She was a law clerk to Gerard Reilly and Hubert Pair, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit 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, Minnesota from 1985 to 1994.

Montgomery became a United States Magistrate Judge for 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 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.

Sources

• Ann D. Montgomery at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Diana E. Murphy	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 1996–2016	Vacant