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# Eleni M. Roumel

United States Court of Federal Claims · U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge

## Profile

- Court: United States Court of Federal Claims
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Chief Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims, 2020-present
- Federal judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims, appointed in 2020 and serving as the court’s Chief Judge from October 2020 to March 2021
- Lisa Reyes, Clerk of Court Search form You are here Eleni M. Roumel Judge Roumel was appointed to the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2020 and was designated by President Trump to serve as the court’s Chief Judge from 2020-2021
- She assumed office on February 24, 2020 and held the role of Chief Judge until March 2, 2021
- Law clerk to Hon. William H. Pauley III, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Eleni M. Roumel | Court of Federal Claims | United States Home United States Court of Federal Claims Honorable Matthew H. Solomson, Chief Judge
- Began in private practice in New York City at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, later becoming a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Charleston, SC

### Education

- Business Administration — Tulane University of Louisiana — 2000
- magna cum laude — Tulane University of Louisiana — 2000
- B.A. — Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business in 2000 and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane Law School, also in 2000
- M.B.A. from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business (2000)
- J.D., magna cum laude from Tulane University School of Law (2000), Order of the Coif, Editor of the Tulane Law Review
- cum laude — Wake Forest University — 1996

### Additional information

- Nominated by President Donald Trump on June 24, 2019, to replace Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams, Roumel’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate on January 8, 2020 by a 51–47 vote.
- Deputy Counsel to Vice President Mike Pence (2018–2020)
- Assistant General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives (2012–2018)
- Born in Washington, D.C. in 1974, Roumel is of Greek heritage and is the first Greek American woman to serve as a federal judge in the U.S..
- Date of birth: 1974-01-01
- Chairman of the court’s Advisory Council for Intellectual Property, serves on the court’s Pro Bono Policy Committee, and served as Chairman of the court’s Attorney Discipline Panel.
- Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School
- She also taught intellectual property law at the Charleston School of Law.
- Birth place: Washington, DC

## 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

### motion form

Scope: courtwide

Request a court order by motion. The motion must be written unless made during a hearing or trial, state the grounds with particularity, and state the relief sought.

Evidence excerpt: The motion must: (A) be in writing unless made during a hearing or trial; (B) state with particularity the grounds for seeking the order; and (C) state the relief sought.

[Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims](https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/cfc/files/Rules%207.27.2026.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-30

### supporting materials

Scope: courtwide

A motion, objection, or response may be accompanied by a brief or memorandum and, when needed, supporting affidavits.

Evidence excerpt: Any motion, objection, or response may be accompanied by a brief or memorandum and, if necessary, affidavits supporting the motion.

[Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims](https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/cfc/files/Rules%207.27.2026.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-30

### meet and confer

Scope: courtwide

Before filing a nondispositive motion, make a reasonable good-faith effort to discuss it with opposing counsel, determine whether it is opposed, narrow disagreements, and include the required certification.

Evidence excerpt: The motion must: (1) include a certification that the movant has in good faith conferred or attempted to confer with opposing counsel.

[Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims](https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/cfc/files/Rules%207.27.2026.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-30

### trial testimony

Scope: courtwide

Trial testimony is taken in open court unless an identified rule or statute provides otherwise. Remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause, compelling circumstances, and appropriate safeguards.

Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.

[Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims](https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/cfc/files/Rules%207.27.2026.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-30


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14456/eleni-m-roumel/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14456/eleni-m-roumel/)
- [United States Court of Federal Claims current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14456/eleni-m-roumel/)
- [Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims](https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/cfc/files/Rules%207.27.2026.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14456/eleni-m-roumel/)
- [Eleni M. Roumel | Court of Federal Claims | United States](https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/eleni-m-roumel#:~:text=Judge%20Roumel%20also%20received%20her,Counselor%20in%20the%20Giles%20S.)
- [Eleni Roumel - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Eleni_Roumel)
- [Wikidata: Eleni M. Roumel](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64748407)

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