--- title: "Britt Cagle Grant | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Britt Cagle Grant U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh 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, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2018-present - American attorney and United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump on April 10, 2018, and confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 2018 - Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 2017-2018 - Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 2012-2016 - 2012–2014: Legal policy counsel, Georgia Attorney General’s Office - 2008–2012: Private practice at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C - Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2007-2008 - 2007–2008: Law clerk to Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit - deputy associate director, Office of Cabinet Affairs, 2003-2004 - President Trump nominated Grant to the Eleventh Circuit seat vacated by Judge Julie E. Carnes ### Education - Stanford University — J.D. (2007) - She later received her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2007, where she held the role of managing editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law and president of the Federalist Society chapter. ### Additional information - communications director, 2001-present - Confirmed 52–46 in the Senate and commissioned August 3, 2018. - 2015–2016: Solicitor General of Georgia - The White House, 2001-2004 - 2000–2004: Worked for then‐Congressman Nathan Deal in Washington, D.C., and in various roles at the White House, including the Domestic Policy Council and USA Freedom Corps. - special assistant to the director, USA Freedom Corps, 2002-2003 - executive assistant to the director, Domestic Policy Council, 2001-2002 - Nathan Deal of Georgia, 2000-2001 - legislative correspondent, 2000-2001 - Grant was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended The Westminster Schools before earning a B.A. in English literature and politics from Wake Forest University in 2000, summa cum laude. - Born Elizabeth Britt Cagle, 1978. - Date of birth: 1978-01-01 - Office of U.S. Rep. - Active on the court, with numerous authored opinions and panel participation in cases involving federal civil rights, business, and administrative law. - Britt Cagle Grant’s career spans state-level legal leadership, federal appellate service, and high-profile policy roles, reflecting both her legal expertise and her experience in public service. - Birth place: Atlanta, GA ## 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/5014276) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5014276) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5014276) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8577/britt-cagle-grant/) - [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/8577/britt-cagle-grant/) - [Wikidata: Britt Grant](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43302507) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant", "name": "Britt Cagle Grant | KnowJudges", "description": "Britt Cagle Grant, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant#judge", "name": "Britt Cagle Grant", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant", "jobTitle": "U.S. Circuit Judge", "worksFor": { "@type": "GovernmentOrganization", "name": "U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.fjc.gov/node/5014276", "https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8577/britt-cagle-grant/" ], "birthDate": "1978", "birthPlace": "Atlanta, GA", "alumniOf": [ { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "Wake Forest University" }, { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "Stanford University" } ] }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "KnowJudges", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "National federal courts", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/state/national-federal-courts" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Britt Cagle Grant", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/britt-cagle-grant" } ] } ] } ```