--- title: "Amy Mil Totenberg | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-mil-totenberg" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Amy Mil Totenberg U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia - State: Georgia - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-08-15 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 2011-present - Court appointed monitor/mediator, U.S. District Court, DC, 2005-2011 - Adjunct professor, Emory University School of Law, 2004-2007 - Served part-time as a Municipal Court Judge in Atlanta (1988–1993) - Partner, The Law Project, Atlanta, GA, 1977-1982 ### Education - Harvard University — J.D. (1977) - Harvard Law School in — J.D. (1977) - A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard-Radcliffe College in 1974 ### Additional information - Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, a position she has held since April 3, 2021, after being appointed to the court in 2011 by President Barack Obama - Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1998-2011 - Special master, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2000-2010 - Arbitrator and mediator, 1999-2010 - General counsel, Atlanta Georgia Board of Education, 1994-1998 - Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1982-1994 - Born 1950 in New York City. - Date of birth: 1950-01-01 - Birth place: New York, NY ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/totenberg-amy-mil) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/totenberg-amy-mil) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/totenberg-amy-mil) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3247/amy-mil-totenberg/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3247/amy-mil-totenberg/) - [Wikidata: Amy Totenberg](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4749417) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-mil-totenberg", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/amy-mil-totenberg", "name": "Amy Mil Totenberg | KnowJudges", "description": "Amy Mil Totenberg, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.