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# Jill Anne Pryor

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, 2014-present
- United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2014
- Private Practice: Associate at Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP in Atlanta, GA (1989–1997)
- Law clerk, Hon. J.L. Edmondson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1988-1989
- Early Career: Law clerk to Judge James L. Edmondson, Eleventh Circuit, 1988–1989

### Education

- Yale University — J.D. (1988)
- B.A. (1985) – College of William & Mary, Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honoree J.D. (1988) – Yale Law School; editor of the Yale Law Journal

### Additional information

- Partner until 2014
- Confirmation: Senate vote 97–0; confirmed September 8, 2014; commissioned September 9, 2014
- Nomination: February 16, 2012 (blocked by Georgia senators); renewed January 3, 2013; heard May 13, 2014
- Born: 1963, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Date of birth: 1963-01-01
- Practice Areas: Civil litigation in state and federal courts, including tort, contract, intellectual property, shareholder disputes, and corporate governance
- Predecessor: Stanley F. Birch Jr.
- Recent Activity: Has authored and sat on numerous appellate opinions, including cases in commerce, corrections, and civil rights
- Professional Roles: Board of Governors, State Bar of Georgia Chair, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Georgia President, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers Member, Eleventh Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee
- Birth place: Harrisburg, PA

## 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/1394631)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394631)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394631)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2635/jill-anne-pryor/)
- [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/2635/jill-anne-pryor/)
- [Wikidata: Jill A. Pryor](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6192711)

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