Diana Jane Gribbon Motz at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- June 16, 1994–present
Diana Jane Gribbon Motz
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968-1971, 1986-1991
- Assistant attorney general, State of Maryland, 1972-1986; chief of litigation, 1982-1986
- Associate judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 1991-1994
- Private practice, Baltimore, MD, 1986-1991
- chief of litigation, 1982-1986
- Private practice, Baltimore, MD, 1968-1971
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1994-present
- Judge, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, 1994-present
- Professional Career: Interviewed by Judge Motz's former law clerk Ralph S. Tyler.
- Professional Career: Associate judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 1991-1994
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Professional Career: Oral history interview of Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, July 29, 2019, in Baltimore.
Education
- Vassar College · B.A., 1965
- University of Virginia School of Law · J.D., 1968
Personal record
Born July 15, 1943 · 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/1385441CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2336/diana-jane-gribbon-motz/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