Denny Chin at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- April 23, 2010–present
Denny Chin
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Adjunct professor (part-time), Fordham University School of Law, 1986-1994
- Private practice, New York City, 1986-1994
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1982-1986
- Private practice, New York City, 1980-1982
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry Werker, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1978-1980
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, S.D. New York, 1994-2010
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2010-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Princeton University · B.A., 1975
- Fordham University · J.D., 1978
- Stuyvesant High School
Personal record
Born 1954 · Kowloon, Hong Kong
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/1379061CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/607/denny-chin/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