William Thomas Sweigert

William Thomas Sweigert (October 13, 1900 – February 16, 1983) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Education and career Born in San Jose, California, Sweigert received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco) in 1921 and a Bachelor of Laws from the St. Ignatius College School of Law (now the University of San Francisco School of Law) in 1923. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California, from 1923 to 1940, and was a lecturer at the University of San Francisco School of Law from 1925 to 1932. He was an assistant state attorney general (later chief assistant attorney general) of California from 1940 to 1942, and was then executive secretary to Governor Earl Warren 1943. He was a Judge of the Municipal Court of San Francisco in 1949, and of the San Francisco County Superior Court from 1949 to 1959. Federal judicial service