Lucy Haeran Koh at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- December 14, 2021–present
Lucy Haeran Koh
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 2008-2010
- Private practice, Palo Alto, CA, 2000-2008
- Assistant U. S. attorney, Central District of California, 1997-2000
- special assistant to the deputy attorney general, 1996-1997
- special counsel, Office of Legislative Affairs, 1994-1996
- U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997
- Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-1994
Judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court, 2008-2010
- Judge, District Court, N.D. California, 2010-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Harvard University · B.A., 1990
Personal record
Born 1968 · Washington, DC
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/1393231CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1808/lucy-haeran-koh/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