Mark Jeremy Bennett at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- July 13, 2018–present
Mark Jeremy Bennett
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Special deputy corporation counsel, City and County of Honolulu, HI, 2015-2018
- Special deputy attorney general, State of Hawaii, 2011-2018
- Private practice, Honolulu, HI, 2011-2018
- Adjunct professor of law, William S. Richardson School of Law, Unversity of Hawaii, 2008-present
- Attorney general, State of Hawaii, 2003-2010
- Adjunct professor of law, William S. Richardson School of Law, Unversity of Hawaii, 2001-present
- Special deputy attorney general, State of Hawaii, 1997-2001
- Special prosecuting attorney, City and County of Honolulu, HI, 1997-1998
- Adjunct professor of law, William S. Richardson School of Law, Unversity of Hawaii, 1991-1993
- Private practice, Honolulu, HI, 1990-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Hawaii, 1982-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-1982
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, District Court, D. Hawaii, 1979-1980
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2018-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Union College · B.A., 1976
- Cornell University · J.D., 1979
Personal record
Born 1953 · Brooklyn, 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/4908101CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8547/mark-jeremy-bennett/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