--- title: "Maurice Miller Baker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/maurice-miller-baker-15320" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Maurice Miller Baker United States Court of International Trade · U.S. Court of International Trade Judge ## Profile - Court: United States Court of International Trade - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Court of International Trade Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, United States Court of International Trade, 2019-present - American judge serving on the United States Court of International Trade since December 20, 2019, appointed by President Donald J. Trump - Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, DC, 2000-present - President Trump nominated Baker to the Court of International Trade on June 7, 2018, to replace Judge Donald C. Pogue - In 2009, The American Lawyer named Baker “Litigator of the Week” for a U.S. Supreme Court victory - Partner (1996-2000), Associate (1993-1995), Carr Goodson Warner, P.C., DC, 1993-2000 - Associate, Carr Goodson Warner, P.C., DC, 1991-1991 - Associate, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, DC, 1989-1991 - Associate, Myerson & Kuhn, DC, 1989-1989 - Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, DC, 1988-1989 - From 1986 to 1989, Baker worked at the U.S. Department of Justice as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Policy and later as a special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights - Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, DC, 1986-1988 - Law Clerk to Judge Thomas G. Gee, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Houston, TX, 1985-1986 - Law Clerk to Judge John Duhe, U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 1984-1985 - Current Role: Judge, United States Court of International Trade — adjudicating disputes involving international trade law, tariffs, and related matters - His duties included work with anti-terrorist units, serving on a carrier battle group during a NATO exercise, and as a watch officer in the Pentagon’s Navy Command Center during the Persian Gulf War - Before his judicial role, he held the role of a law clerk to Judge John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana) and Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit). ### Education - J.D. — Tulane University Law School and was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1984 at age 22 - No degree (accepted into law school with three years of undergraduate work in accelerated program) — Louisiana State University-System Office — 1981 - Baker attended Louisiana State University ### Additional information - After Senate hearings and a renomination, Baker was confirmed and began service on December 20, 2019. - Baker held the role of a Naval Reserve intelligence officer from 1986 to 1994, earning an honorable discharge. - He then practiced law in Washington, D.C., and later held the role of counsel to Senator Orrin Hatch on the Senate Judiciary Committee (1991–1993). - Counsel to U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, DC, 1991-1993 - Born 1962 in Houma, Louisiana. - Date of birth: 1962-01-01 - Birth place: Houma, LA ## 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 ### motion contents Scope: courtwide State the relief sought in a motion and accompany the motion with a proposed order. Follow the pleading-form rules for captions and other form requirements. Evidence excerpt: state the relief sought; and (E) be accompanied by a proposed order. [Rules of the United States Court of International Trade](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/COMPLETE%20RULES%20AND%20FORMS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ### motion oral argument request Scope: courtwide Request oral argument on a motion no later than 21 days after service of the last permitted response or reply, or after its filing period expires. Evidence excerpt: A motion for oral argument on a motion must be filed no later than 21 days after service of the last permitted response or reply to the motion. [Rules of the United States Court of International Trade](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/COMPLETE%20RULES%20AND%20FORMS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ### motion response timing Scope: courtwide Unless another rule or court order applies, serve a motion response within 21 days, or within 35 days for a dispositive motion; a dispositive-motion reply is due 21 days after the response. Evidence excerpt: a response to a motion must be served within 21 days after service of such motion, except that a response to a dispositive motion must be served within 35 days after service of such motion. [Rules of the United States Court of International Trade](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/COMPLETE%20RULES%20AND%20FORMS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ### motion consultation Scope: courtwide For the motions listed in Rule 7(f), including a motion for hearing or oral argument, consult all other parties in good faith before filing and try to reach agreement. Evidence excerpt: the movant must consult with all other parties to the action to attempt to reach agreement, in good faith, on the issues involved in the motion. [Rules of the United States Court of International Trade](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/COMPLETE%20RULES%20AND%20FORMS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ### trial testimony Scope: courtwide Trial testimony is taken in open court unless an identified rule or statute provides otherwise. Remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause, compelling circumstances, and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: At trial, the witnesses' testimony must be taken in open court unless a federal statute, the Federal Rules of Evidence, these rules, or other rules adopted by the Supreme Court provide otherwise. [Rules of the United States Court of International Trade](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/COMPLETE%20RULES%20AND%20FORMS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-30 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15320/maurice-miller-baker/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15320/maurice-miller-baker/) - [United States Court of International Trade current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15320/maurice-miller-baker/) - [Rules of the United States Court of International Trade](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/COMPLETE%20RULES%20AND%20FORMS.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15320/maurice-miller-baker/) - [Judge M. Miller Baker | Court of International Trade | United States](https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/content/judge-m-miller-baker) - [Wikidata: M. 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