--- title: "Cheryl Ann Krause | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cheryl-ann-krause" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Cheryl Ann Krause U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third 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 Third Circuit, 2014-present - American federal judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since July 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama - On February 6, 2014, President Obama nominated Krause to the Third Circuit seat vacated by Judge Dolores Sloviter - Krause returned to Philadelphia in 2003, joining Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, later becoming a partner at Dechert specializing in white-collar criminal defense and government investigations - Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1997-2002 - Law clerk in private practice, San Francisco, CA, 1995-1996 - Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1994-1995 - Law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (U.S. Supreme Court) (1994–1995) - Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993-1994 - As of now, Judge Krause continues to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, covering cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and parts of Maryland and New York - Adjunct professor at Penn Carey Law (evidence, cyber security law, white-collar/securities investigations) ### Education - a Juris Doctor with highest honors from Stanford Law School in 1993. - She obtained a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 ### Additional information - 2019 Warren E. Burger Prize winner for Lawyer Wellbeing as a Crisis of the Profession - Confirmed unanimously by the Senate on July 7, 2014. - Private practice, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2014 - Private practice, New York City, 1996-1997 - Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1968, Krause grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Date of birth: 1968-01-01 - She has taught at University of Pennsylvania Law School, Stanford, and Columbia, and founded the Philadelphia Project to improve education for children with disabilities. - She has also held the role of outside counsel for the City of Philadelphia’s Board of Ethics, on the Committee of Seventy board, and as a member of the American Law Institute. - Board trustee for the National Constitution Center - Member of the American Inns of Court - Birth place: St. Louis, MO ## 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/1394601) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394601) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394601) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1820/cheryl-ann-krause/) - [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/1820/cheryl-ann-krause/) - [Wikidata: Cheryl Ann Krause](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16199890) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cheryl-ann-krause", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cheryl-ann-krause", "name": "Cheryl Ann Krause | KnowJudges", "description": "Cheryl Ann Krause, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third 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/cheryl-ann-krause#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cheryl-ann-krause#judge", "name": "Cheryl Ann Krause", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cheryl-ann-krause", "jobTitle": "U.S. Circuit Judge", "worksFor": { "@type": "GovernmentOrganization", "name": "U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394601", "https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1820/cheryl-ann-krause/" ], "birthDate": "1968", "birthPlace": "St. Louis, MO", "alumniOf": [ { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "University of Pennsylvania" }, { "@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": "Cheryl Ann Krause", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cheryl-ann-krause" } ] } ] } ```