| William Lloyd Standish IV | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
| Term Start: | March 1, 2002 |
| Term End: | January 1, 2015 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
| Term Start1: | November 6, 1987 |
| Term End1: | March 1, 2002 |
| Appointer1: | Ronald Reagan |
| Predecessor1: | Barron Patterson McCune |
| Successor1: | Thomas Hardiman |
| Birth Name: | William Lloyd Standish IV |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
| Education: | Yale University (B.A.) University of Virginia School of Law (LL.B.) |
William Lloyd Standish IV (February 16, 1930 – January 1, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Standish was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1930.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1953. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1956 to 1980. He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1987.
Standish was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1987, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Barron Patterson McCune. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1987, and received his commission on November 6, 1987. He assumed senior status on March 1, 2002, and stopped hearing cases in 2012, but remained in inactive senior status until his death.
Standish died on January 1, 2015, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, following a lengthy undisclosed illness. He was 84.[2]