Stuart Kyle Duncan at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 1, 2018–present
Stuart Kyle Duncan
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2014-2018
- General counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C., 2012-2014
- Appellate chief, Office of the Attorney General, State of Louisiana, 2008-2012
- Assistant professor of law, University of Mississippi School of Law, 2004-2008
- Associate-in-law, Columbia Law School, 2002-2004
- Private practice, Austin, TX, 2001-2002
- Assistant solicitor general, State of Texas, 1999-2001
- Private practice, Houston, TX, 1998-1999
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2018-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · B.A., 1994
- Columbia University in the City of New York · LL.M., 2004
- Louisiana State University
- Columbia Law School
Personal record
Born 1972 · Baton Rouge, LA
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/4517676CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8573/stuart-kyle-duncan/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