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# Jacques Loeb Wiener Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit Judge
- Service status: senior
- 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 Fifth Circuit, 1990-2010
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Current Role: Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans

### Education

- Tulane University of Louisiana — J.D. (1961)
- B.A. — Tulane University and later a J.D. in 1961 from Tulane University Law School, graduating first in his class and serving as editor-in-chief of the law review (1956)
- Tulane University of Louisiana — B.A. (1956)

### Additional information

- Senior Status: Assumed on September 30, 2010.
- Confirmed: By the Senate on March 9, 1990, with commission issued March 12, 1990.
- Private practice, Shreveport, LA, 1961-1990
- Appointed: Nominated by President George H. W. Bush on November 17, 1989, to a Fifth Circuit seat vacated by Robert Madden Hill.
- Before his judicial career, he held the role of a U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade (1956–1958) and practiced law in Shreveport, Louisiana, specializing in estates, trusts, and taxation.
- Date of birth: 1934-01-01
- Wiener has authored 34 published opinions, with a record of granting 10 appeals, granting in part 3, and denying 17.
- His rulings have addressed maritime insurance, education, and labor law issues.
- Birth place: Shreveport, LA

## Before you appear

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## 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/1389736)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389736)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389736)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3463/jacques-loeb-wiener-jr/)
- [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/3463/jacques-loeb-wiener-jr/)
- [Wikidata: Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6120682)

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