--- title: "Andrew Stephen Oldham | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-stephen-oldham" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Andrew Stephen Oldham U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth 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 - Adjunct professor, University of Texas School of Law (since 2019) - Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2018-present - American judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2018 - General Counsel, Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott (2015–2018) - Private practice at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, Washington, D.C. (2009–2012) - Law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court (2008–2009) - Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, 2008-2009 - Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006-2008 - Attorney‐adviser, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (2006–2008) - Law clerk to Hon. David B. Sentelle, D.C. Circuit (2005–2006) - Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2005-2006 ### Education - Harvard University — J.D. (2005) - Harvard Law School (magna cum laude), editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Ames Moot Court semi‐finalist — J.D. (2005) - University of Virginia-Main Campus — B.A. (2001) - University of Virginia (highest honors) — B.A. (2001) ### Additional information - general counsel, 2018-present - acting general counsel, 2017-present - Nominated on February 15, 2018 to replace Edward C. Prado, confirmed by the Senate 50–49 on July 18, 2018, and commissioned the next day. - Gregory W. Abbott, Texas, 2015-2018 - deputy general counsel, 2015-2017 - Deputy solicitor general, State of Texas, 2012-2015 - M.Phil., University of Cambridge, 2002 (first‐class honors), on a Harry S. Truman Scholarship - Born 1978 in Richmond, Virginia. - Date of birth: 1978-01-01 - Office of Gov. - Well‐qualified judge according to the American Bar Association. - E. C. Glass High School - His judicial work includes authoring opinions, joining panels, and filing dissents in a range of federal appellate cases. - In summary: Judge Andrew Stephen Oldham is a highly educated, nationally experienced jurist whose career spans federal appellate clerkships, DOJ service, Texas state legal leadership, and now a seat on the Fifth Circuit, where he continues to adjudicate significant federal cases. - Birth place: Richmond, VA ## 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/4947641) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/4947641) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/4947641) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8616/andrew-stephen-oldham/) - [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/8616/andrew-stephen-oldham/) - [Wikidata: Andrew S. 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