William W. Schwarzer (April 30, 1925 – January 28, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
William W Schwarzer
California Northern District Court
Born 1925 in Berlin, Germany
Died 2017 in San Rafael, CA
FJC ID: 2125
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 216/year
California Northern District Court · 1976–2017
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
Director · 1990–1995- Private practice, San Francisco, California1952–1976
- President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission)Senior counsel · 1975
Teaching fellow · 1951–1952
U.S. Army second lieutenant1943–1947
Appointments
1976–2017 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- LL.B. · 1951
- University of Southern CaliforniaA.B. · 1948