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# Judith Ann Wilson Rogers

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 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, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1994-present
- Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1983-1994
- Corporation counsel, District of Columbia, 1979-1983
- Legislative program coordinator, Office of the Assistant to the Mayor-Commissioner, Office of the Mayor, DC, 1972-1974
- Legislative program coordinator, Office of the Assistant to the Mayor-Commissioner, Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia, 1972-1974
- General counsel, Congressional Commission on the Organization of the District of Columbia Government, 1971-1972
- Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1969-1971
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1965-1968
- Law clerk, Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, 1964-1965
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

### Education

- University of Virginia School of Law — LL.M. (1988)
- Harvard University — LL.B. (1964)
- Harvard Law School — 1964
- Radcliffe College — B.A. (1961)

### Additional information

- Assistant city administrator for intergovernmental relations, District of Columbia, 1979-present
- chief judge, 1988-1994
- Special assistant for legislation, Office of the Mayor, DC, 1974-1979
- Special assistant for legislation, Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia, 1974-1979
- Staff attorney, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1968-1969
- Date of birth: 1939-01-01
- 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/1387091)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1387091)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1387091)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2763/judith-ann-wilson-rogers/)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [Federal Judicial Center: D.C. Circuit judicial service](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1387091)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2763/judith-ann-wilson-rogers/)
- [Judge Judith Ann Wilson Rogers](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1387091)
- [Wikidata: Judith W. Rogers](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6303727)

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