Pierre Nelson Leval at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- October 20, 1993–present
Pierre Nelson Leval
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2002-2006
- Professional Career: Assistant district attorney, New York County, New York, 1975-1977; first assistant, 1975-1976; chief assistant, 1976-1977
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1964-1968; chief appellate attorney, 1967-1968
- chief assistant, 1976-1977
- first assistant, 1975-1976
- Assistant district attorney, New York County, NY, 1975-1977
- Private practice, New York City, 1969-1975
- chief appellate attorney, 1967-1968
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1963-1964
- U.S. Army, 1959-present
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, S.D. New York, 1977-1993
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1993-2002
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Harvard University · A.B., 1959
- Harvard College · A.B., 1959
- Allen-Stevenson School
Personal record
Born 1936 · New York, 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/1383841CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1916/pierre-nelson-leval/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