--- title: "Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barrington-daniels-parker-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 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, District Court, S.D. New York, 1994-2001 - Law clerk, Hon. Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., U.S. District Court, DC, 1969-1970 - Law clerk, Hon. Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1969-1970 - Began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr. on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1969–1970) - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - He then practiced law in New York City for 24 years, as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell and later as a partner at Parker Auspitz Neesemann & Delehanty, which merged into Morrison & Foerster ### Education - Yale University — LL.B. (1969) - Yale Law School in — J.D. (1969) - Parker obtained a B.A. in History from Yale University in 1965 - Yale College — B.A. (1965) - Ezra Stiles College ### Additional information - Senior Status: Assumed on October 10, 2009. - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2001–2009): Nominated by President George W. Bush in 2001, confirmed by the Senate 100–0 on October 11, 2001. - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–2001): Appointed by President Bill Clinton on April 26, 1994, confirmed by the Senate on September 14, 1994, and commissioned September 15, 1994. - Private practice, New York City, 1970-1994 - Born: August 21, 1944, Washington, D.C. - Date of birth: 1944-01-01 - Padilla (holding that Jose Padilla must be offered habeas corpus) and Arar v. - Ashcroft (dissent on extraordinary rendition). - He authored or participated in significant cases, including Rumsfeld v. - His docket included notable cases such as Trinity United Methodist Parish v. - Board of Education of Newburgh and the trial of businessman Albert J. Pirro Jr.. - Children: Christine, Kathleen, and Jennifer - Notable Quote: “I did the best I could with what I had.” - Birth place: Washington, DC ## 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/1386076) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386076) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386076) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2499/barrington-daniels-parker-jr/) - [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/2499/barrington-daniels-parker-jr/) - [Judge Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386076) - [Wikidata: Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4863661) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barrington-daniels-parker-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barrington-daniels-parker-jr", "name": "Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Barrington Daniels Parker Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 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