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# Bradley Nelson Garcia

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: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- American lawyer and jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, appointed in May 2023 by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate 53–40
- Government Service: Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (2022–2023)
- Private Practice: Partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP (2013–2022)
- Law clerk, Hon. Elena Kagan, Supreme Court of the United States, 2012-2013
- Clerkships: Judge Thomas B. Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2011–2012) Associate Justice Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court (2012–2013)
- Law clerk, Hon. Thomas B. Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2011-2012
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Historic Note: First Latinx judge on the D.C. Circuit

### Education

- B.A. in International Studies and Economics, Johns Hopkins University (2008) J.D., Harvard Law School (2011), magna cum laude

### Additional information

- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2013-2022
- Born: 1986, Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Date of birth: 1986
- focusing on federal appellate law, intellectual property, and commercial litigation.
- Notable work includes representing in Profectus LLC v.
- LLC and co-counsel in a Pennsylvania prison mental health case.
- Editor & Alumni Chair of the Harvard Law Review
- Garcia has argued before multiple federal and state appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and has handled cases in criminal law, corporate law, insurance coverage, patent rights, and federal jurisdiction.
- Birth place: Gaithersburg

## 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/13645541)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13645541)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13645541)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [Judge Bradley Nelson Garcia](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13645541)
- [Wikidata: Brad Garcia](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112582444)

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