Bradley Nelson Garcia 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
- May 16, 2023–present
Bradley Nelson Garcia
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2013-2022
- Professional Career: Deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2022-2023
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Thomas B. Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2011-2012
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Elena Kagan, Supreme Court of the United States, 2012-2013
Judicial service
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Education
- Johns Hopkins University · B.A., 2008
- Harvard Law School · J.D., 2011
Personal record
Born 1986 · Gaithersburg
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/13645541Federal 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