David Jeremiah Barron at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 23, 2014–present
David Jeremiah Barron
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- S. William Green professor of public law, 2011-2014
- consultant, 2010-present
- acting assistant attorney general, 2009-2010
- Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2010
- professor, 2004-2011
- assistant professor, 1999-2004
- Harvard Law School, 1999-2014
- attorney advisor, 1996-1999
- Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1999
- Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States, 1995-1996
- Law clerk, Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994-1995
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2014-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Education
- Harvard University · B.A., 1989
Personal record
Born 1967 · Washington, DC
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/1394531CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/187/david-jeremiah-barron/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