Britt Cagle Grant at a glance
- Current role
- U.S. Circuit Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Britt Cagle Grant
U.S. Circuit Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
AI abuse cases
1 caseAI-related ruling · July 10, 2026
Akerlund v. Atlas Air, Inc., et al.
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Biography
Professional career
- Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 2017-2018
- solicitor general, 2015-2016
- counsel for legal policy, 2012-2014
- Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 2012-2016
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2008-2012
- deputy associate director, Office of Cabinet Affairs, 2003-2004
- special assistant to the director, USA Freedom Corps, 2002-2003
- executive assistant to the director, Domestic Policy Council, 2001-2002
- The White House, 2001-2004
- communications director, 2001-present
- legislative correspondent, 2000-2001
- Office of U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal of Georgia, 2000-2001
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2007-2008
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2018-present
- justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Britt Cagle Grant (born Elizabeth Britt Cagle, 1978) is an American attorney and United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump on April 10, 2018, and confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 2018.
- 2017–2018: Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia
- President Trump nominated Grant to the Eleventh Circuit seat vacated by Judge Julie E. Carnes. She was confirmed 52–46 in the Senate and commissioned August 3, 2018. She is active on the court, with numerous authored opinions and panel participation in cases involving federal civil rights, business, and administrative law.
- 2015–2016: Solicitor General of Georgia
- 2012–2014: Legal policy counsel, Georgia Attorney General’s Office
- 2008–2012: Private practice at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C.
- 2007–2008: Law clerk to Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit.
- 2000–2004: Worked for then‑Congressman Nathan Deal in Washington, D.C., and in various roles at the White House, including the Domestic Policy Council and USA Freedom Corps.
Education
- Wake Forest University · B.A., 2000
- Stanford University · J.D., 2007
Personal record
Born 1978 · Atlanta, GA
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/5014276CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8577/britt-cagle-grant/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