DeAndrea Gist Benjamin at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- February 21, 2023–present
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina, 2001-2011
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. L. Casey Manning, South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1997-1998
- Professional Career: Member, South Carolina Board of Juvenile Parole, 2001-2004; vice chair, 2002-2003
- Professional Career: Assistant solicitor, Juvenile/Family Court Division, Fifth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1998-1999
- Professional Career: Assistant attorney general, State of South Carolina, 1999-2001
Judicial service
- Professional Career: Judge, City of Columbia [South Carolina] Municipal Court, 2004-2011
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Professional Career: Judge, South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 2011-2023
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law · J.D., 1997
- Winthrop University · B.A., 1994
Personal record
Born 1972 · Columbia
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/13233251Federal 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