Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard 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
- December 17, 2013–present
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- professor, 2005-2013
- associate professor, 2000-2005
- Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000-2013
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000
- associate professor, 1997-1998
- Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-1998
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997
- Assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 1989-1994
- Marvin M. Karpatkin fellow, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 1988-1989
- Law clerk, Hon. Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1987-1988
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, District of Columbia, 2013-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Education
- Yale University · B.A., 1983
- Harvard University · J.D., 1987
- Commonwealth School
Personal record
Born 1961 · Cambridge, MA
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/1394316CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2569/cornelia-thayer-livingston-pillard/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