--- title: "Luis Felipe Restrepo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-felipe-restrepo" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Luis Felipe Restrepo U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third 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 federal judge and the Vice Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, currently serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since 2016 - Judge, District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania, 2013-present - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit – appointed January 13, 2016 by President Barack Obama - U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2013–2016) – nominated by President Obama, confirmed June 17, 2013 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006-2013 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2006–2013) – handled criminal and civil cases - Earlier in his career, he held the role of Assistant Federal Defender (1990–1993) and Assistant Defender (1987–1990) in Pennsylvania, and as a partner at Krasner & Restrepo law firm (1993–2006) - Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990-1993 - Law clerk, ACLU National Prison Project, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987 ### Education - Tulane University of Louisiana — J.D. (1986) - Tulane University School of Law — J.D. (1986) - University of Pennsylvania — B.A. (1981) - George Mason University ### Additional information - Vice Chair, United States Sentencing Commission – appointed August 5, 2022 by President Joe Biden, succeeding Ketanji Brown Jackson. - Private practice, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-2006 - Assistant defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1987-1990 - Born in Medellín, Colombia in 1959, Restrepo immigrated to Northern Virginia as a boy. - Date of birth: 1959-01-01 - McLean High School - He is bilingual, with Spanish as the primary language at home, and credits his family’s emphasis on public service and helping others for his career path. - He has also taught Trial Advocacy at Temple University Beasley School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. - Birth place: Medellin, Colombia ## 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/1394241) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394241) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394241) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2701/luis-felipe-restrepo/) - [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/2701/luis-felipe-restrepo/) - [Wikidata: Luis Felipe Restrepo](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6700553) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-felipe-restrepo", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-felipe-restrepo", "name": "Luis Felipe Restrepo | KnowJudges", "description": "Luis Felipe Restrepo, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 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