--- title: "Allison Hartwell Eid | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allison-hartwell-eid" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Allison Hartwell Eid U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth 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 Tenth Circuit, 2017-present - American judge who has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since November 3, 2017 - Adjunct professor, Suffolk University Law School Summer Law Program, Lund, Sweden, 2007-present - Judge, Supreme Court of Colorado, 2006-present - Colorado Supreme Court Justice: 2006–2017, appointed by Gov - Academia: Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado School of Law (1998–2006, 2011–2015) - Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994 - Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court (1993–94) - Law clerk, Hon. Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1991-1992 - Private Practice: Commercial and appellate litigation at Arnold & Porter, Denver (1991–98) ### Education ### Additional information - Visiting judicial teaching fellow, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2010-present - Private practice, Denver, CO, 1991-present - Eid was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on June 7, 2017, to replace Neil M. Gorsuch, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2017, by a vote of 56–41. - adjunct professor, 2011-2015 - adjunct professor, 2007-2009 - University of Colorado School of Law, 1998-2009 - Solicitor general, State of Colorado, 2005-2006 - Private practice, Denver, CO, 1994-1998 - Private practice, Denver, CO, 1992-1993 - Clerkships: Hon. Jerry E. Smith, 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (1991–92) - B.A. in American Studies (Phi Beta Kappa) from Stanford University, 1987 J.D. from University of Chicago Law School, 1991, High Honors - Born 1965 in Seattle, Washington. - Born: 1965, Seattle, WA; raised in Spokane, WA - Date of birth: 1965-01-01 - Bill Owens. - One of 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, serving as an intermediate appellate court for the western United States. - Order of the Coif - Early Career: Special Assistant and speechwriter to U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett. - Birth place: Spokane ## 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/3989726) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/3989726) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/3989726) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3902/allison-h-eid/) - [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/3902/allison-h-eid/) - [Wikidata: Allison H. 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