--- title: "Arthur Raymond Randolph | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/arthur-raymond-randolph" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Arthur Raymond Randolph U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 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, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1990-present - Special assistant attorney general, State of Utah, 1986-1990 - Special assistant attorney general, State of New Mexico, 1985-1990 - Special assistant attorney general, State of Montana, 1983-1990 - Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1974-1978 - Deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1977 - Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-1973 - Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1969-1970 - American jurist serving as a Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit - In summary, Arthur Raymond Randolph is a distinguished federal judge with a career spanning high-level government service, academic teaching, and nearly two decades on the D.C. Circuit, recognized for his principled judicial approach and significant contributions to appellate jurisprudence ### Education - University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) — J.D. (1969) ### Additional information - Served in active role until November 1, 2008, when he assumed senior status. - He chaired the Judicial Conference’s Committee on Codes of Conduct (1995–1998). - President George H. W. Bush nominated Randolph to the D.C. Circuit on May 8, 1990; the Senate confirmed him on July 13, 1990, and he was commissioned on July 16, 1990. - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973-1975, 1977-1990 - Special counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 1979-1980 - He also practiced law in Washington, D.C., held the role of Special Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (1979–1980), and was Special Assistant Attorney General for Utah, Montana, and New Mexico. - B.S. in economics and engineering from Drexel University in 1966, and a J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1969, graduating first in his class and serving as managing editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. - Randolph grew up in Palmyra and Gloucester Township, New Jersey, graduating from Triton Regional High School in 1961. - Born November 1, 1943, Riverside Township, New Jersey. - Date of birth: 1943-01-01 - As a senior judge, Randolph continues to hear and author opinions in a variety of cases, including recent decisions in Vertex Pharmaceuticals v. - HHS, Friends of the Earth v. - Export-Import Bank, and United States v. - Jeffrey Williamson. - Before joining the bench, Randolph taught civil procedure, injunctions, constitutional law, and the First Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center and George Mason University School of Law. - Birth place: Riverside, NJ ## 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/1386721) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386721) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386721) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2660/arthur-raymond-randolph/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [Federal Judicial Center: D.C. Circuit judicial service](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386721) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2660/arthur-raymond-randolph/) - [Judge Arthur Raymond Randolph](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386721) - [Wikidata: Arthur Raymond Randolph](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4800090) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/arthur-raymond-randolph", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/arthur-raymond-randolph", "name": "Arthur Raymond Randolph | KnowJudges", "description": "Arthur Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 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