George Willi

George Willi III (born 1924) was a judge of the United States Court of Claims from 1965 to 1982, and of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 to 1985.

Born in New York, New York, Willi served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, from 1943 to 1946, achieving the rank of captain. He then received a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1950 and an LL.B. from the University of Wisconsin Law School the same year.[1] He was a Carriers' attorney for the National Railroad Adjustment Board from 1950 to 1951, and a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1951 to 1963, thereafter entering private practice in Washington, D.C., in 1964.[1]

In 1965, Willi became a trial judge of the U.S. Court of Claims.[1] On October 1, 1982, Willi was appointed by operation of the Federal Courts Improvement Act, 96 Stat. 27, to a new seat on the United States Court of Claims.[1] In 2003, Judge Alex Kozinski wrote in an article on his tenure as Chief Justice on the Court of Claims:

George Willi was in the building finishing off an opinion - I think he was still there when I left more than three years later - and he would stop in my office every so often to offer me sage, though often cryptic, advice: "No point plucking two chickens with one hand tied behind your back." I wasn't always quite sure what he meant, but gave him a knowing nod and he'd go back to writing up his opinion, long-hand. For all I know, he's still at it.[2]

Willi assumed senior status on December 14, 1982, and then resigned from the court entirely on January 4, 1985.[1] Willi was one of several judges originally assigned to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for whom no successor was appointed.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Judicial Center page for George Willi.
  2. ↑ Alex Kozinski, "Proceedings of the 15th Judicial Conference Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the United States Court of Federal Claims", George Washington Law Review, September/October 2003, 71 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 529.
  3. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, History of the Federal Judiciary, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982-present: Judge Succession Chart.
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