Joel Fredrick Dubina 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, 1990–present
Joel Fredrick Dubina
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1983-1986
- Private practice, Montgomery, AL, 1974-1983
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert E. Varner, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1973-1974
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, M.D. Alabama, 1986-1990
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1990-2013
- 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
- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- Cumberland School of Law
- University of Alabama
Personal record
Born 1947 · Elkhart, IN
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/1380211CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/924/joel-fredrick-dubina/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