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# Beth Robinson

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: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of Vermont, 2011-present
- Associate justice, Vermont Supreme Court, 2011-2021
- Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1989-1990
- Early Career: Clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1989–1990) Practiced law in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Vermont
- Appointed by Governor Peter Shumlin, Robinson served nearly a decade as an Associate Justice

### Education

- University of Chicago Law School — J.D. (1989)
- Dartmouth College — B.A. (1986)

### Additional information

- Peter Shumlin, Vermont, 2011
- Practitioner, 2010-2010
- Private practice, Middlebury, Vermont, 1993-2010
- Senior lecturer, Dartmouth College, 2006, 2009
- Private practice, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992-1993
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1990-1991
- Born: 1965, Karachi, Pakistan
- Counsel, Gov.
- focusing on constitutional law, workers’ compensation, and personal injury.
- Predecessor: Judge Peter W. Hall

## 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/10959341)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/10959341)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/10959341)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5909/beth-robinson/)
- [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/5909/beth-robinson/)
- [Judge Beth Robinson](https://www.fjc.gov/node/10959341)

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