Kenneth Kiyul Lee at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- June 12, 2019–present
Kenneth Kiyul Lee
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Adjunct faculty member, Pepperdine Law School, 2010-2011
- Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 2009-2019
- Associate counsel and special assistant, President George W. Bush, 2006-2009
- Special counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2005-present
- Private practice, New York City, 2001-2006
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2000-2001
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2019-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Cornell University · B.A., 1997
- Harvard University · J.D., 2000
Personal record
Born 1975 · Seoul, South Korea
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/6453086CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8657/kenneth-kiyul-lee/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