Edith Brown Clement at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 26, 2001–present
Edith Brown Clement
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Private practice, New Orleans, LA, 1975-1991
- Law clerk, Hon. Herbert W. Christenberry, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1973-1975
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 1991-2001
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2001-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
- Tulane University of Louisiana · J.D., 1973
- University of Alabama
- Tulane University
Personal record
Born 1948 · Birmingham, AL
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/1379226CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/647/edith-brown-clement/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