Gerald Bard Tjoflat at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- October 1, 1981–present
Gerald Bard Tjoflat
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1968-1970
- Private practice, Jacksonville, FL, 1957-1968
- U.S. Army corporal, 1953-1955
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court of Appeal of Florida, 1968-1970
- Judge, District Court, M.D. Florida, 1970-1975
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975-1981
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1981-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- Duke University · LL.B., 1957
Personal record
Born December 6, 1929 · Pittsburgh, PA
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/1388841CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3237/gerald-bard-tjoflat/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