--- title: "A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/a-marvin-quattlebaum-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2018-present - Judge, District Court, D. South Carolina, 2018-2018 ### Education - University of South Carolina-Columbia — J.D. (1989) - University of South Carolina School of Law in, where he was on the South Carolina Law Review — J.D. (1989) - B.A. cum laude from Rhodes College in 1986 ### Additional information - U.S. Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018 after serving briefly as a U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina. - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Nominated by Trump on May 7, 2018, to replace William Byrd Traxler Jr., confirmed by the Senate on August 16, 2018, and commissioned September 4, 2018. - U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina: Nominated by President Trump on August 3, 2017, to replace Cameron McGowan Currie, confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 2018, and commissioned March 6, 2018. - Private practice, Greenville, SC, 1989-2018 - focusing on complex civil litigation, and held the role of president of the South Carolina Bar from 2011 to 2012. - Arthur Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. was born August 2, 1964, in Durham, North Carolina. - Date of birth: 1964-01-01 - Served only six months before being elevated to the Court of Appeals. - Currently serving in this role. - Before joining the judiciary, he practiced law in Greenville, SC, at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough - Quattlebaum is active in civic education. - As chair of the Greenville YMCA Board, he has led the Youth in Government program, speaking to high schools across Greenville County about the judicial system. - He emphasizes that judges apply the law impartially, not political agendas, and that public trust in the judiciary is essential. - He is recognized for his commitment to civics education and for clarifying the nonpartisan role of judges. - Birth place: Durham, NC ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide 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. Evidence excerpt: 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 unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/4263096) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/4263096) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/4263096) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8625/a-marvin-quattlebaum-jr/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8625/a-marvin-quattlebaum-jr/) - [Wikidata: A. 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