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# Andrew David Hurwitz

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit Judge
- Service status: senior
- 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 Ninth Circuit, 2012-present
- Law clerk, Hon. Jon O. Newman, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1972-present
- Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (2003–2012), later Vice Chief Justice (2009–2012)
- Law clerk, Hon. Potter Stewart, Supreme Court of the United States, 1973-1974
- Justice Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court (1973–74)
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Joseph Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1972-1973
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

### Education

- Yale University — J.D. (1972)
- (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Public and International Affairs, Princeton University — B.A. (1968)

### Additional information

- Faculty, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 2004-present
- Faculty, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 2001-present
- Faculty, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 1988-present
- He took senior status on October 3, 2022.
- Nominated by President Barack Obama on November 2, 2011, to replace Mary M. Schroeder, confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 2012, and commissioned on June 27, 2012.
- Private practice, Phoenix, AZ, 1983-2003
- Faculty, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 1994-1995
- Bruce Babbitt, AZ, 1980-1983
- Faculty, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 1977-1980
- Private practice, Phoenix, AZ, 1974-1980
- Connecticut Army National Guard/U.S. Army Reserve specialist 5, 1969-1975
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1972 — served on the Yale Law Journal’s Board of Editors and as Note & Comment Editor
- Date of birth: 1947-10-01
- Chief of staff, Gov.
- Boonton High School
- 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

### 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/1394006)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394006)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394006)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1577/andrew-david-hurwitz/)
- [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/1577/andrew-david-hurwitz/)
- [Wikidata: Andrew D. Hurwitz](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4756746)

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