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# Joseph Frank Bianco

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 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: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- American judge and lawyer currently serving as a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit since May 17, 2019
- Judge, District Court, E.D. New York, 2006-present
- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Criminal Division (2004–2006), supervising Counterterrorism, Fraud, Appellate, and Capital Case Units
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2004-2005
- Adjunct professor, Fordham University Law School, 2002-2005
- Counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (2003–2004)
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1994-2003
- Law clerk, Hon. Peter K. Leisure, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992-1993
- Law clerk to Judge Peter K. Leisure (S.D.N.Y.) (1992–1993)
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Adjunct professor at Fordham, Hofstra, Touro, and St. John’s University School of Law

### Education

- Columbia Law School, Kent Scholar, Columbia Law Review — J.D. (1991)
- magna cum laude – Georgetown University — B.A. (1988)

### Additional information

- Judge Bianco has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2004.
- Confirmed by Senate: 54–42 vote on May 8, 2019
- M.A. – Seminary of the Immaculate Conception (2013)
- Appointed by President George W. Bush on January 3, 2006
- Private practice, New York, 2003-2004
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, S.D.N.Y. (1994–2003), rising to Chief of the Organized Crime and Terrorism Unit
- Private practice, New York, 1993-1994
- Born September 11, 1966, in Flushing, Queens, New York.
- Date of birth: 1966-01-01
- Preceded by: Judge Reena Raggi
- Ordained Roman Catholic deacon
- His judicial career spans both federal trial and appellate levels, with a focus on organized crime, terrorism, and criminal procedure.
- Birth place: Flushing, 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/1392311)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392311)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392311)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/268/joseph-frank-bianco/)
- [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/268/joseph-frank-bianco/)
- [Wikidata: Joseph Frank Bianco](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6283204)

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