Joshua Michael Divine at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri · Federal
- Judicial service
- July 24, 2025–present
Joshua Michael Divine
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Deputy counsel, U.S. Sen.
- Professional Career: Chief counsel, U.S. Sen.
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William J. Pryor, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2016-2017
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2020-2021
- Professional Career: Deputy solicitor general, State of Missouri, 2017-2019
- Professional Career: Solicitor general and director of special litigation, State of Missouri, 2023-2025
Education
- University of Northern Colorado · B.S., 2012
- Yale Law School · J.D., 2016
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762033Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts