--- title: "Kimberly Ann Moore | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kimberly-ann-moore" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Kimberly Ann Moore U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal 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 Federal Circuit, 2006-present - professor of law, 2004-2006 - She practiced law at Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles (1994–1995), clerked for Federal Circuit Judge Glenn L. Archer Jr. (1995–1997), and taught at Chicago-Kent College of Law (1997–1999), University of Maryland School of Law (1999–2000), and George Mason University School of Law (2000–2006) - associate professor of law, 2000-2004 - Assistant professor of law, University of Maryland School of Law, 1999-2000 - Assistant professor of law and associate director, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1997-1999 - Law clerk, Hon. Glenn L. Archer, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1995-1997 - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ### Education - J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994 ### Additional information - Chief Judge: Since May 22, 2021, succeeding Sharon Prost. - Nominated: May 18, 2006, by President George W. Bush to fill a seat vacated by Raymond C. Clevenger III. - Commissioned: September 8, 2006. - Confirmed: September 5, 2006, by a 92–0 Senate vote. - Faculty, George Mason University School of Law, 2000-2006 - She has co-authored Patent Litigation and Strategy, held the role of editor of The Federal Circuit Bar Journal (1998–2006), and has been active in patent litigation education and mediation. - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2003 - Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 1994-1995 - From 1988 to 1992, she worked in electrical engineering at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. - Date of birth: 1968-01-01 - Birth place: Baltimore, MD ## 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 ### argument check in Scope: courtwide Arguing counsel must check in with the courtroom deputy at least 30 minutes before the day's session starts. Evidence excerpt: Arguing counsel must check-in with the courtroom deputy at their assigned courtroom at least thirty minutes before the start of the day's session. [Federal Circuit: Attending Oral Arguments](https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/attending-oral-arguments/) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ### same day changes Scope: courtwide Same-day changes to arguing counsel or time divisions are generally not allowed without a prior new appearance and amended response to the notice of oral argument. Evidence excerpt: Same-day changes to arguing counsel or time divisions are generally not allowed, absent prior filing of a new entry of appearance and an amended Response to Notice of Oral Argument in the case. [Federal Circuit: Attending Oral Arguments](https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/attending-oral-arguments/) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392481) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392481) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392481) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2298/kimberly-ann-moore/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [Federal Circuit: Attending Oral Arguments](https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/attending-oral-arguments/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2298/kimberly-ann-moore/) - [Wikidata: Kimberly Ann Moore](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560974) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kimberly-ann-moore", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kimberly-ann-moore", "name": "Kimberly Ann Moore | KnowJudges", "description": "Kimberly Ann Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 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