David W. Williams | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| In office January 17, 1981 – May 6, 2000 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| In office June 20, 1969 – January 17, 1981 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Peirson Mitchell Hall |
| Succeeded by | Edward Rafeedie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Welford Williams March 20, 1910 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Died | May 6, 2000 (aged 90) Los Angeles, California |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (AB) USC Gould School of Law (LLB) |
David Welford Williams (March 20, 1910 – May 6, 2000) was an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the first African-American federal judge west of the Mississippi.[1] He is best known for his work in the abolition of restrictive covenants and for overseeing 4,000 criminal cases that stemmed from the 1965 Watts riots.