Michael Daly Hawkins at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 15, 1994–present
Michael Daly Hawkins
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1973-1976, 1980-1994
- Special prosecutor, The Navajo Nation, 1985-1989
- Private practice, Phoenix, AZ, 1980-1994
- U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona, 1977-1980
- Private practice, Phoenix, AZ, 1973-1976
- U.S. Marine Corps special courts martial military judge, 1970-1973
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994-2010
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
- University of Virginia School of Law · LL.M., 1998
- Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) · J.D., 1970
- Arizona State University · B.A., 1967
Personal record
Born 1945 · Winslow, AZ
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/1381956CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1398/michael-daly-hawkins/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