--- title: "Daniel Aaron Bress | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-aaron-bress" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Daniel Aaron Bress U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 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 Ninth Circuit, 2019-present - American federal judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since July 26, 2019 - Adjunct professor, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, 2016, 2019 - Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C. (2011–2019) - Adjunct professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 2009-2011 - Private practice in San Francisco at Munger, Tolles & Olson (2007–2008) - Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2006-2007 - Law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia (U.S. Supreme Court) (2006–2007) - Law clerk, Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2005-2006 - Law clerk to Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III (4th Circuit) (2005–2006) - Adjunct professor at University of Virginia School of Law and Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law ### Education - University of Virginia-Main Campus — J.D. (2005) - University of Virginia School of Law in, where he held the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review and received Order of the Coif membership — J.D. (2005) - Government, cum laude — Harvard University — 2001 - Bress grew up in Gilroy, California, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in government. ### Additional information - He is a member of the Federalist Society since 2003. - On February 6, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Bress to the Ninth Circuit seat vacated by Alex Kozinski. - Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: May 22, 2019 - Commission issued: July 26, 2019 - Reported favorably: June 20, 2019 (12–10 vote) - Cloture: July 8, 2019 (50–42 vote) - Confirmation: July 9, 2019 (53–45 vote) - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2008-2019 - Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2007-2008 - Born 1979 in Hollister, California. - Date of birth: 1979-01-01 - Bress has chambers in San Francisco and is active in numerous appellate cases, including recent opinions in Kinnucan v. - NSA, Verthelyi v. - Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust, and Rusoff v. the Happy Group, Inc.. - Birth place: Hollister, CA ## 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/6729576) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6729576) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6729576) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14459/daniel-aaron-bress/) - [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/14459/daniel-aaron-bress/) - [Judge Daniel Aaron Bress](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6729576) - [Wikidata: Daniel Aaron Bress](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61237560) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-aaron-bress", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-aaron-bress", "name": "Daniel Aaron Bress | KnowJudges", "description": "Daniel Aaron Bress, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 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