Robert David Sack at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- June 16, 1998–present
Robert David Sack
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Associate special counsel and senior associate special counsel, impeachment inquiry, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, 1974-present
- Private practice, New York City, 1964-1998
- Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Lane, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1963-1964
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1998-2009
Education
- University of Rochester · B.A., 1960
Personal record
Born 1939 · Philadelphia, PA
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/1390706CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2823/robert-david-sack/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