R[obert] Lanier Anderson III at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- October 1, 1981–present
R[obert] Lanier Anderson III
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Private practice, Macon, GA, 1963-1979
- U.S. Army captain, 1961-1963
- Private practice, Macon, GA, 1961-present
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1979-1981
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1981-2009
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
- Yale University · A.B., 1958
- Harvard University · LL.B., 1961
Personal record
Born 1936 · Macon, GA
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/1377211CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/107/robert-lanier-anderson-iii/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