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# Andrew Lynn Brasher

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

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh 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, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit — in office since June 30, 2020
- Judge, District Court, M.D. Alabama, 2019-present
- United States circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate on February 11, 2020, with his commission issued June 30, 2020
- U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Alabama — served May 3, 2019, to June 30, 2020, appointed by President Trump to replace Mark E. Fuller
- Solicitor General, State of Alabama (2014–2019) — argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, 11th Circuit, and Alabama Supreme Court.
- Private practice in Birmingham, AL, at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (2007–2011)
- Law clerk to Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (2006–2007)
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2006-2007

### Education

- Harvard University — J.D. (2006)
- cum laude, Harvard Law School, Harvard Law Review, Victor Brudney Prize — J.D. (2006)
- summa cum laude, Samford University — B.A. (2002)

### Additional information

- Before that, he was Solicitor General of Alabama (2014–2019) and Deputy Solicitor General (2011–2014).
- Deputy solicitor general, State of Alabama, 2011-2014
- Born May 20, 1981, in Milan, Tennessee.
- Date of birth: 1981-01-01
- Preceded Edward Earl Carnes in this role.
- Birth place: Milan, TN

## 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/6383991)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6383991)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6383991)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8552/andrew-lynn-brasher/)
- [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/8552/andrew-lynn-brasher/)
- [Wikidata: Andrew L. Brasher](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51728491)

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