William Clark O'Kelley (January 2, 1930 – July 5, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
William Clark O'Kelley
Georgia Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Born 1930 in Atlanta, GA
Died 2017 in Murrayville
FJC ID: 1799
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 14/year
Georgia Northern District Court · 1970–2017Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court · 1980–1987
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Board member · 1987–1991- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1982–1984
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1957–1959, 1961–1970
U.S. Department of JusticeSpecial hearing officer · 1962–1968
U.S. Air Force Reserve1957–1966- Northern District of GeorgiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1959–1961
- U.S. Air Force1953–1957
Appointments
1970–2017 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1953- Emory UniversityA.B. · 1951