Amy Mil Totenberg at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 1, 2011–April 3, 2021
Amy Mil Totenberg
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Court appointed monitor/mediator, U.S. District Court, DC, 2005-2011
- Adjunct professor, Emory University School of Law, 2004-2007
- Special master, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2000-2010
- Arbitrator and mediator, 1999-2010
- Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1998-2011
- General counsel, Atlanta Georgia Board of Education, 1994-1998
- Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1982-1994
- Partner, The Law Project, Atlanta, GA, 1977-1982
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 2011-present
Education
- Harvard University · J.D., 1977
- Radcliffe College
Personal record
Born 1950 · New York, NY
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked August 15, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/totenberg-amy-milCourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3247/amy-mil-totenberg/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts