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# Roger Leland Wollman

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

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit Judge
- Service status: senior
- 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 Eighth Circuit, 1985-present
- Secretary, Department of Labor (July 18, 2024, authored)
- Chief Judge of the Eighth Circuit (1999–2002)
- Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court (1971–1985), including Chief Justice (1978–1982)
- State’s attorney for Brown County, SD (1967–1971)
- Law clerk, Hon. George T. Mickelson, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1962-1963
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Current role: Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

### Education

- Harvard University — LL.M. (1964)
- He later received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1964.
- University of South Dakota School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- 6, 2024) and Clyde Carter, Jr. v.
- Assumed senior status December 14, 2018.
- legis, 1986-1986
- Nominated June 25, 1985, to the Eighth Circuit by President Reagan; confirmed July 19, 1985; commissioned July 22, 1985.
- Judge, 1983-1983
- State's attorney, Aberdeen, SD, 1967-1971
- Private practice, Aberdeen, SD, 1964-1971
- Practitioner, 1970-1970
- He attended Doland High School, obtained a B.A. from Tabor College in 1957, served in the U.S. Army (1957–1959), and graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1962.
- Date of birth: 1934-05-29
- Recent cases include United States v.
- Maintains chambers in Sioux Falls, SD.
- Appointing authority: Ronald Reagan.
- While on senior status, Wollman has continued to sit on panels and author opinions.
- Wollman grew up in a Mennonite family with German ancestry.
- Birth place: Frankfort, SD

## 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/1390021)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390021)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390021)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3531/roger-leland-wollman/)
- [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/3531/roger-leland-wollman/)
- [Wikidata: Roger Leland Wollman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7358527)

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