Marsha Siegel Berzon at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 16, 2000–present
Marsha Siegel Berzon
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Practitioner-in-residence, Cornell School of Law, 1994-present
- Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-present
- Private practice, San Francisco, CA, 1978-2000
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1977
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
- Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1973-1974
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2000-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Radcliffe College
- Harvard University
Personal record
Born 1945 · Cincinnati, OH
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/1391116CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/264/marsha-siegel-berzon/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