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# Michael Hun Park

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 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 Second Circuit, 2019-present
- In summary: Michael Hun Park is a conservative jurist with a background in high-profile litigation, government legal counsel, and academic teaching, now serving as a federal appellate judge on the Second Circuit since 2019
- Adjunct professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, 2015-present
- Name partner at Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC (2015–2019), specializing in appellate and complex civil litigation
- Law clerk, Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 2008-2009
- Law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the U.S. Supreme Court (2008 term)
- Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006-2008
- Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel (2006–2008)
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2001-2002
- Law clerk to then-Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (3rd Circuit)
- American judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Adjunct professor at Antonin Scalia Law School (George Mason University) and Columbia Law School

### Education

- Yale University — J.D. (2001)
- Yale Law School — Managing Editor, Yale Law Journal — J.D. (2001)
- (magna cum laude), Princeton University — B.A. (1998)

### Additional information

- Appointed: May 13, 2019, by President Donald J. Trump, succeeding Gerard E. Lynch
- Senate confirmation: May 9, 2019, by a vote of 52–41
- Private practice, New York City, 2009-2019
- Counsel at Dechert (2009–2011), later partner (2012–2015)
- Private practice, New York City, 2002-2006
- Born April 1, 1976, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- Date of birth: 1976-01-01
- Associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (NYC)
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
- Birth place: St. Paul, MN

## Before you appear

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- 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/6420566)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6420566)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6420566)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8620/michael-hun-park/)
- [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/8620/michael-hun-park/)
- [Wikidata: Michael H. Park](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57242770)

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