Steven James Menashi at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 14, 2019–present
Steven James Menashi
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Special Assistant and Associate Counsel, President Donald John Trump, Washington, DC, 2018-2019
- Acting General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2018
- Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2018
- Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University, 2016-2017
- Counsel (2016-2017, 2013-2015), Partner (2015-2016), Associate (2011-2013), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, 2011-2017
- Olin-Searle Fellow of the Federalist Society, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2009-2011
- Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, DC, 2008-2009
- Editorial Writer, The New York Sun, 2004-2005
- Associate Editor (2001-2004), Public Affairs Fellow (2002-2004), Hoover Institution, 2001-2004
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, DC, 2010-2011
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2019-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Dartmouth College · magna cum laude, 2001
- Stanford University · JD, 2008
Personal record
Born 1979 · White Plains, 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/7365461CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15376/steven-james-menashi/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