--- title: "Julie A. Robinson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-a-robinson" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Julie A. Robinson U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas - State: Kansas - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Kansas, 2001-present - Law clerk in private practice, Kansas, 1981-present - Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit, 1996-2001 - She also taught trial practice at the University of Kansas School of Law and served on its Board of Governors In 1994, she was appointed a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Kansas, serving until 2001 - Senior litigation counsel, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas, 1992-1994 - She subsequently became senior litigation counsel for the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1992 to 1994 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1983-1992 - Robinson held the role of an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Kansas from 1983 to 1992 - Law clerk, Hon. Benjamin E. Franklin, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas, 1981-1983 - Early in her career, she clerked for a private law practice and then for Judge Benjamin E. Franklin of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court from 1981 to 1983, gaining foundational experience in federal law and bankruptcy matters ### Education - University of Kansas School of Law in — J.D. (1981) - University of Kansas in — B.S. (1978) ### Additional information - She held the role of Chief Judge from 2017 to 2021 and assumed senior status on January 14, 2022 - President George W. Bush nominated Robinson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on September 10, 2001, to fill the seat vacated by G. Thomas VanBebber. - During this period, she also served on the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit from 1996 to 2001 - Adjunct faculty, University of Kansas School of Law, 1989-1990 - Date of birth: 1957-01-01 - handling both civil and criminal cases. - She has served on boards such as Saint Paul School of Theology and Healing House of Kansas City, and is a member of professional organizations including the Wichita Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and Kansas Bar Association - She chaired the Court Administration and Case Management Committee, served on the Budget Committee, the Workplace Conduct Committee, and the Strategic Planning Committee, and was a commissioner of the U.S. Supreme Court Fellows Program. - Judge Robinson has held numerous leadership roles within the federal judiciary. - She also serves on the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - She has been inducted into the KU Women’s Hall of Fame and the Kansas African American Museum Trailblazers Hall of Fame. - The Bankruptcy Court also established the Judge Julie A. Robinson Award in her honor for outstanding community leadership - Robinson has received multiple honors, including the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Kansas School of Law, the Kansas Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, and the Courageous Judge Award. - Birth place: Omaha, NE ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Spegal about the specific format to be used on the exhibit list. Counsel shall also provide an electronic copy of the exhibit list with the electronic exhibit files at least one week before trial. For paper exhibits, Counsel should use the exhibit list form on the Court�s website, at  HYPERLINK http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov.www.ksd.uscourts.gov. under the section… [Official court page](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/JAR%20Guidelines%202023%20AMENDMENT.doc) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: During your deliberations, you must not communicate with or provide any information to anyone by any means about this case. You may not use any electronic device or media, such as the telephone, a cell phone, smart phone, iPhone, Blackberry or computer, the internet, any internet service, any text or instant messaging service, any internet… [robinsonCivilInstructions11.pdf](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/robinsonCivilInstructions11.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: During your deliberations, you must not communicate with or provide any information to anyone by any means about this case. You may not use any electronic device or media, such as the telephone, a cell phone, smart phone, iPhone, Blackberry or computer, the internet, any internet service, any text or instant messaging service, any internet… [robinsonCriminalInstructions11.pdf](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/robinsonCriminalInstructions11.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391376) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391376) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391376) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2746/julie-a-robinson/) - [Official court page](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/JAR%20Guidelines%202023%20AMENDMENT.doc) - [robinsonCivilInstructions11.pdf](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/robinsonCivilInstructions11.pdf) - [robinsonCriminalInstructions11.pdf](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/robinsonCriminalInstructions11.pdf) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2746/julie-a-robinson/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-a-robinson", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-a-robinson", "name": "Julie A. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.