--- title: "Jon Ormond Newman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jon-ormond-newman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Jon Ormond Newman U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ยท U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 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 Second Circuit, 1979-1997 - Judge, District Court, D. Connecticut, 1971-1979 - U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, 1964-1969 - Senior law clerk, Hon. Earl Warren, Supreme Court of the United States, 1957-1958 - Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1956-1957 - Newman, Jon O. Benched: Abortion, Terrorists, Drones, Crooks, Supreme Court, Kennedy, Nixon, Demi Moore, and Other Tales from the Life of a Federal Judge - As a senior judge, Newman continues to contribute to the work of the Second Circuit, marking him as one of the longest-serving judges in the federal judiciary - In summary, while Jon O. Newman is no longer a full-time active judge, he remains a senior judge and continues to serve on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, maintaining an influential role in the federal judiciary ### Education - Yale University โ€” LL.B. (1956) - Yale Law School โ€” 1956 - Princeton University โ€” B.A. (1953) ### Additional information - Abraham Ribicoff, CT, 1960-present - New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024. - Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1993-1997 - He held the role of Chief Judge of the Second Circuit from 1993 to 1997 and assumed senior status on July 1, 1997, which allows him to continue hearing cases on a reduced schedule while remaining an active member of the court. - Jon O. Newman, born May 2, 1932, was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1971 and later elevated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 1979. - Private practice, Hartford, CT, 1969-1971 - Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958-1960, 1969-1971 - Abraham Ribicoff, CT, 1963-1964 - Executive assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961-1962 - U.S. Army Reserve, 1954-1962 - Abraham Ribicoff, Connecticut, 1960 - Private practice, Hartford, CT, 1958-1960 - Date of birth: 1932-01-01 - Administrative assistant, U.S. Sen. - Special counsel, Gov. - His tenure spans over five decades, and he remains involved in legal scholarship, including authoring books and law review articles. - Hotchkiss School - Birth place: New York, NY ## 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/1385686) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385686) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385686) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2400/jon-ormond-newman/) - [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/2400/jon-ormond-newman/) - [Judge Jon Ormond Newman](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385686) - [Wikidata: Jon O. 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