Stephanie Kulp Seymour at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 2, 1979–present
Stephanie Kulp Seymour
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1968-1969
- Professional Career: Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965-1966
- Professional Career: American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, Women Trailblazers in the Law Oral History Project, Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, 2005-2013.
- Professional Career: Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1994-2000
- Professional Career: Private practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1966-1967, 1971-1979
- Private practice, Tulsa, OK, 1971-1979
- Private practice, Houston, TX, 1968-1969
- Private practice, Tulsa, OK, 1966-1967
- Private practice, Boston, MA, 1965-1966
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1979-2005
- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Education
- Smith College · B.A., 1962
- Harvard University · J.D., 1965
Personal record
Born 1940 · Battle Creek, MI
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/1387641CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2918/stephanie-kulp-seymour/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