Anthony Devos Johnstone at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 5, 2023–present
Anthony Devos Johnstone
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Affiliated professor of public administration, 2017-2023
- Professional Career: Private practice, Missoula, Montana, 2015-2023
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, 2007-2009
- Professional Career: Associate professor, 2014-2017
- Professional Career: Assistant professor, 2011-2014
- Professional Career: Helen and David Mason Professor of Law, 2019-2023
- Professional Career: University of Montana Blewett School of Law, 2007-2009, 2011-2023
- Professional Career: Assistant attorney general, State of Montana, 2004-2008
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Sidney R. Thomas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1999-2000
- Professional Career: Associate dean for faculty development, 2013-2014
- Professional Career: Solicitor general, State of Montana, 2008-2011
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, Carroll College, 2006-2007
- Professional Career: Professor, 2017-2023
- Professional Career: Private practice, New York City, 2000-2003
Judicial service
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- University of Chicago Law School · J.D., 1999
- Yale University · B.A., 1995
Personal record
Born 1973 · Minneapolis
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/13618506Federal 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