Eunice Cheryl Lee at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- August 16, 2021–present
Eunice Cheryl Lee
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City, 1998-2019; staff attorney, 1998-2000; supervising attorney, 2001-2019; director of recrcuitment, 2003-2019
- Professional Career: Adjunct assistant professor of clinical law, Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic, New York University School of Law, 2003-2019
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Eric L. Clay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Susan J. Dlott, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1996-1997
- Professional Career: Assistant federal defender, Federal Defenders of New York, New York City, 2019-2021
Judicial service
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Yale Law School · J.D., 1996
- Ohio State University · B.A., 1993
Personal record
Born 1970 · Wiesbaden
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/10534666Federal 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