# Ann D. Montgomery *Senior United States district judge for the District of Minnesota (born 1949)* Ann Day Montgomery (née Olson; born 1949) is a federal district judge on senior status with the [[United States District Court for the District of Minnesota]].[^1] President Bill Clinton nominated her to that court in 1995. She was commissioned in 1996 and took senior status on May 31, 2016.[^1] Before that appointment she had been a federal prosecutor, a Hennepin County trial judge and a federal magistrate judge, all in [[Minnesota]].[^1] The only source in this record for her is a biographical summary. It covers her education, career, nomination, confirmation, commission and senior status. It does not document any case she decided, any opinion she wrote, or any part she played in an active federal matter, and this article states none.[^1] ## Education and career Montgomery's birthplace is Litchfield, Minnesota.[^1] The University of Kansas granted her a Bachelor of Science in 1971. The [[University of Minnesota Law School]] granted her a Juris Doctor in 1974.[^1] From 1974 to 1975 she clerked for two judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Gerard D. Reilly and Hubert Pair.[^1] From 1976 to 1983 she worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Minnesota.[^1] She then sat on the Hennepin County Municipal Court from 1983 to 1985. From 1985 to 1994 she sat on the Hennepin County District Court in [[Minneapolis]].[^1] ### Federal judicial service In 1994 she took office as a United States magistrate judge in the District of Minnesota.[^1] On November 27, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated her to the district judgeship left vacant by Judge [[Diana E. Murphy]].[^1] The [[United States Senate]] confirmed the nomination on August 2, 1996. Her [[Commission]] followed on August 6, 1996.[^1] She took senior status on May 31, 2016.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Ann Day Montgomery, née Olson, born 1949; senior United States district judge, District of Minnesota.[^1] ### Where - Born in Litchfield, Minnesota.[^1] - Hennepin County Municipal Court, 1983–1985; Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis, 1985–1994.[^1] ### When - Assistant United States Attorney, District of Minnesota, 1976–1983.[^1] - United States magistrate judge, District of Minnesota, from 1994.[^1] - Nominated November 27, 1995; confirmed August 2, 1996; commissioned August 6, 1996.[^1] - Senior status May 31, 2016.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Ann D. Montgomery* (retrieved 2026-10-26; revision 1354057420) — biographical summary covering birth, education, clerkship, prosecutorial and state judicial service, magistrate appointment, nomination, confirmation, commission and senior status. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_D._Montgomery