Debra Ann Livingston at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 17, 2007–present
Debra Ann Livingston
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- vice dean, 2005-2006
- professor, 2000-2007
- associate professor, 1994-2000
- Faculty, Columbia Law School, 1994-2007
- Assistant professor, University of Michigan Law School, 1992-1994
- Private practice, New York, 1991-1992
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1986-1991
- Private practice, New York, 1985-1986
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1984-1985
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2007-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Princeton University · B.A., 1980
- Harvard University · J.D., 1984
- Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Personal record
Born 1959 · Waycross, 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/1392571CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1951/debra-ann-livingston/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