Ann Montgomery

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Tenure

2016 - Present

Years in position

Prior offices

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Kansas, 1971

Law

University of Minnesota Law School, 1974

Personal

Birthplace

Litchfield, Minn.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Professional career
* 3 Judicial Career
* 3.1 District of Minnesota
* 4 Noteworthy cases
* 4.1 Securities Exchange Commission Asset Freeze of Petters Feeder Fund (2010)
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

Ann D. Montgomery is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She joined the court in 1996 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She assumed senior status on May 31, 2016.[1]

## Early life and education[edit]

Born in Litchfield, Minnesota, Montgomery earned her B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1971, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1974.[1]

## Professional career[edit]

* 1985-1994: Judge, Minnesota's 4th Judicial District
* 1983-1985: Judge, Hennepin County Municipal Court
* 1976-1983: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota
* 1974-1975: Law clerk, Hons. Gerard Reilly and Hubert Pair, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[1]

## Judicial Career[edit]

### District of Minnesota[edit]

Nomination Tracker

Nominee Information
Name: Ann D. Montgomery
Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Progress
Confirmed 249 days after nomination.
ANominated: November 27, 1995
AABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: February 28, 1996
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: March 3, 1996
AConfirmed: August 2, 1996
AVote: Voice vote

Montgomery was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President Bill Clinton on November 27, 1995, to a seat vacated by Diana Murphy upon Murphy's elevation to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The American Bar Association rated Montgomery Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Montgomery's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 28, 1996, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on March 3, 1996. Montgomery was confirmed by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on August 2, 1996, and she received her commission on August 6, 1996. Montgomery assumed senior status on May 31, 2016.[1][3]

Prior to her elevation to the district court, Montgomery was a federal magistrate judge for the District of Minnesota from 1994 to 1996.[1]

## Noteworthy cases[edit]

### Securities Exchange Commission Asset Freeze of Petters Feeder Fund (2010)

See also: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Petters, et al, 0:09-cv-01750-ADM-JSM)

In 2009, Tom Petters was convicted for his role in a $3.5 billion Ponzi Scheme. On April 23, 2010, Judge Montgomery approved the sale of Petters' former seven-bedroom home on Lake Minnetonka for $5 million. The proceeds of the sale were intended to pay off the mortgages associated with the property and pay damages to people that lost money in the Ponzi Scheme.[4][5]

## See also[edit]

* United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
* United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

## External links[edit]

* Judge Montgomery's homepage from the district court website
* Judge Montgomery's biography from the Federal Judicial Center

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed June 22, 2016
2. ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed June 22, 2016
3. ↑ United States Congress, "PN 728 - Ann D. Montgomery - The Judiciary," accessed June 22, 2016
4. ↑ St. Paul Pioneer Press "Judge approves sale of Petters' Lake Minnetonka home for $5M," April 23, 2010
5. ↑ SEC Orders Freeze in USDC, MN Court; Granted By Judge Ann Montgomery

Political offices

Preceded by:
Diana Murphy | District of Minnesota
1996–2016
Seat #5  | Succeeded by:
Nancy E. Brasel

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

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Active judges|

Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz • John Tunheim • Wilhelmina Wright • Nancy E. Brasel • Katherine Menendez • Eric Tostrud

Senior judges|

Ann Montgomery • Donovan Frank • Joan Ericksen • David Doty • Donald Alsop • Paul Magnuson • Susan Richard Nelson • Michael James Davis (Minnesota) •

Magistrate judges|  Tony N. Leung • Leo Brisbois • Hildy Bowbeer • Becky R. Thorson • Jon Huseby • David Schultz • Elizabeth Cowan Wright • John Docherty •
Former Article III judges|

James Rosenbaum • Richard Kyle • Diana Murphy • Rensselaer Russell Nelson • William Lochren • Page Morris • Milton Dwight Purdy • Charles Andrew Willard • Wilbur Franklin Booth • William Alexander Cant • John Franklin McGee • Joseph West Molyneaux • John Benjamin Sanborn • Gunnar Hans Nordbye • Matthew Joyce • Robert Cook Bell • George Sullivan (Minnesota) • Edward Devitt • Dennis Donovan • Earl Larson • Miles Lord • Harry MacLaughlin • Philip Neville • Robert Renner •

Former Chief judges|

James Rosenbaum • John Tunheim • Donald Alsop • Paul Magnuson • Diana Murphy • Gunnar Hans Nordbye • Edward Devitt • Miles Lord • Harry MacLaughlin •

v • e

Federal judges nominated by Bill Clinton

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1993|

Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson

1994|

Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams

1995|

Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill •

Wood
1996|

Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata

1997|

Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash

1998|

Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young

1999|

Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson

2000|

Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore

Minnesota courts

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Federal courts:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota

State courts:

Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals

State resources:

Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota