Cory Todd Wilson at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- July 2, 2020–present
Cory Todd Wilson
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Deputy secretary of state and chief of staff, State of Mississippi, 2008-2011
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1995-1996
- Professional Career: Private practice, Madison, Mississippi, 2011
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1998, 2013
- Professional Career: White House Fellow, U.S. Department of Defense, 2005-2006
- Professional Career: Private practice, Ridgeland, Mississippi, 2016-2019
- Professional Career: State representative, Mississippi, 2016-2019
- Professional Career: Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1996-2005, 2006-2008, 2011-2016
- Professional Career: Senior advisor and counsel, Office of the State Treasurer, State of Mississippi, 2014-2015
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals of Mississippi, 2019-2020
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2020-present
- Professional Career: Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 2019-2020
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
- University of Mississippi · Business Administration, summa cum laude, 1992
- Yale Law School · J.D., 1995
Personal record
Born August 8, 1970 · Pascagoula, MS
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/8479971CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14470/cory-todd-wilson/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