Julie E. Carnes at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- July 31, 2014–present
Julie E. Carnes
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1990-1996
- Special counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1989-present
- Member, U.S. Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Sentencing Guidelines, 1988-1990
- appellate chief, Criminal Division, 1982-1990
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1978-1990
- Law clerk, Hon. Lewis R. Morgan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975-1977
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 1992-2014
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2014-present
- 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
- University of Georgia · B.A., 1972
Personal record
Born 1950 · Atlanta, GA
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/1378851CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/540/julie-e-carnes/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