Jon Ormond Newman at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- June 21, 1979–present
Jon Ormond Newman
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Newman, Jon O. Benched: Abortion, Terrorists, Drones, Crooks, Supreme Court, Kennedy, Nixon, Demi Moore, and Other Tales from the Life of a Federal Judge.
- Professional Career: Special counsel, Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, Connecticut, 1960
- Professional Career: Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958-1960, 1969-1971
- Professional Career: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Professional Career: Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1993-1997
- Private practice, Hartford, CT, 1969-1971
- U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, 1964-1969
- Administrative assistant, U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, CT, 1963-1964
- Executive assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961-1962
- Special counsel, Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, CT, 1960-present
- Private practice, Hartford, CT, 1958-1960
- Senior law clerk, Hon. Earl Warren, Supreme Court of the United States, 1957-1958
- Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1956-1957
- U.S. Army Reserve, 1954-1962
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, D. Connecticut, 1971-1979
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1979-1997
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Princeton University · A.B., 1953
- Yale University · LL.B., 1956
- Yale Law School · 1956
- Hotchkiss School
Personal record
Born 1932 · New York, 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/1385686CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2400/jon-ormond-newman/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