Elizabeth Lee Branch at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 19, 2018–present
Elizabeth Lee Branch
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia, 2012-2018
- Practitioner, 2011-2011
- Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 2008-2012
- counselor to the administrator, 2006-2008
- special assistant to the administrator, 2005-2006
- Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 2005-2008
- Associate general counsel for rules and legislation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2004-2005
- Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1996-2004
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Owen Forrester, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1994-1996
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia, 2012-present
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2018-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- Davidson College · B.A., 1990
- Emory University · J.D., 1994
Personal record
Born 1968 · Atlanta
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/4237586CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7145/elizabeth-l-branch/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