Arthur Raymond Randolph at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- July 16, 1990–present
Arthur Raymond Randolph
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973-1975, 1977-1990
- Special assistant attorney general, State of Utah, 1986-1990
- Special assistant attorney general, State of New Mexico, 1985-1990
- Special assistant attorney general, State of Montana, 1983-1990
- Special counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 1979-1980
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1990
- Deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1977
- Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1974-1978
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973-1975
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-1973
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1969-1970
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, District of Columbia, 1990-2008
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Education
- Drexel University · B.S., 1966
- Triton Regional High School
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) · J.D., 1969
Personal record
Born 1943 · Riverside, NJ
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/1386721CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2660/arthur-raymond-randolph/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