--- title: "Robert Edwin Bacharach | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/robert-edwin-bacharach" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Robert Edwin Bacharach U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth 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 - United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, a position he has held since February 28, 2013 - Judge Bacharach continues to serve on the Tenth Circuit, with his official court profile noting that he is also accepting law clerk applications for the 2028–29 term - As a circuit judge, he has participated in significant cases, including the 2014 Supreme Court affirmation of a Tenth Circuit judgment on an Affordable Care Act exemption. - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1999-2013 - From 1987 to 1999, he held a position as an associate and later shareholder at Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C. in Oklahoma City - Law clerk, Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1985-1987 - He held the role of editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly and was a law clerk to Judge William J. Holloway Jr. on the Tenth Circuit from 1985 to 1987 - He also taught civil pretrial litigation as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law ### Education - B.A. in history magna cum laude from the University of Oklahoma in 1981 and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 1985, graduating Order of the Coif. - University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — B.A. (1981) - Washington University in St. Louis ### Additional information - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2013–present), appointed by President Barack Obama after a unanimous Senate confirmation vote of 93–0 on February 25, 2013. - U.S. Magistrate Judge (1999–2013) for the Western District of Oklahoma, where he handled nearly 3,000 civil and criminal cases, presided over over 400 settlement conferences, and issued more than 1,600 reports and recommendations. - Private practice, Oklahoma City, OK, 1987-1999 - Born May 20, 1959, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. - Date of birth: 1959-01-01 - During his magistrate judge tenure, Bacharach chaired committees such as the Civil Rules Committee and the Criminal Justice Act Committee. - focusing on commercial litigation. - Birth place: Clarksdale, MS ## 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/1394126) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394126) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394126) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/146/robert-edwin-bacharach/) - [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/146/robert-edwin-bacharach/) - [Wikidata: Robert E. 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