Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr. at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- December 20, 2010–present
Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr.
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2000-2010
- senior trial attorney, 1998-2000
- Trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-2000
- Private practice, New York City, 1993-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992-1993
- Private practice, New York City, 1991-1992
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2010-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Harvard University · A.B., 1988
- New York University School of Law
- Friends' Central School
Personal record
Born 1965 · Montreal, Canada
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/1393561CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1958/raymond-joseph-lohier-jr/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