Amul Roger Thapar at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 25, 2017–present
Amul Roger Thapar
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 2006-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 2002-2006
- Adjunct professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2002-2006
- Private practice, Cincinnati, OH, 2001-2002
- General counsel, Equalfooting.com, 2000-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1999-2000
- Trial advocacy instructor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2000
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999
- Law clerk, Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1996-1997
- Adjunct professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1995-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. S. Arthur Spiegel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1994-1996
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, E.D. Kentucky, 2008-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Education
- Boston College · B.S., 1991
- Ohio State University
- University of California, Berkeley
Personal record
Born 1969 · Detroit, MI
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392666CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3195/amul-roger-thapar/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure