Oliver Winston Wanger (born 1940) is a former United States federal judge.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Wanger received a B.S. from the University of Southern California in 1963 and an LL.B. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1966. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant from 1960 to 1967. He was a deputy district attorney of Fresno County from 1967 to 1969, and an adjunct professor at Humphreys College Laurence Drivon School of Law from 1968 to 1969.
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In 1969, Wanger joined Fresno County Municipal Court Judge Dan Eymann and attorney John Loomis to found San Joaquin College of Law (SJCL) in Fresno, California.[1][2] Wanger served as an Adjunct Professor at SJCL from 1970 to 1991 and served as Dean from 1980 to 1983.
Wanger was City Attorney for Mendota, California from 1975 to 1980. He was a Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno in 1988. He was a Pro tem settlement conference judge, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno in 1989.
He was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Wanger was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on January 8, 1991, to a seat vacated by Milton Lewis Schwartz. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1991, and received his commission on March 25, 1991. He assumed senior status on May 31, 2006. In September 2011, he announced that he would retire on September 30, 2011.[3]