Gerard E. Lynch at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 18, 2009–present
Gerard E. Lynch
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Private practice, New York City, 1992-2000
- vice dean, 1992-1997
- chief, Criminal Division, 1990-1992
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1990-1992
- Associate counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, Iran-Contra investigation, 1988-1990
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1980-1983
- Professor, Columbia University School of Law, 1977-2000
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
- Law clerk, Hon. Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1975-1976
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, S.D. New York, 2000-2009
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2009-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Columbia College · B.A., 1972
- Regis High School
Personal record
Born 1951 · Brooklyn, NY
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/1391166CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1996/gerard-e-lynch/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