--- title: "Steven James Menashi | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-james-menashi" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Steven James Menashi 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 - American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since November 14, 2019 - In summary: Steven James Menashi is a highly experienced federal judge with a background in law clerking for the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit, high-level corporate law, academic teaching, and senior government service, now serving on the Second Circuit since 2019 - Assistant professor of law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, 2016–2019 - Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2018 - Acting General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 2017-2018 - Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University, 2016-2017 - Counsel (2016-2017, 2013-2015), Partner (2015-2016), Associate (2011-2013), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, 2011-2017 - Law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (U.S. Supreme Court), 2010–2011 - Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, DC, 2010-2011 - Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, DC, 2008-2009 - Law clerk to Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg (D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals), 2008–2009 ### Education - Stanford University — J.D. (2008) - Stanford Law School; senior articles editor, Stanford Law Review; elected to the Order of the Coif — J.D. (2008) - magna cum laude — Dartmouth College — 2001 ### Additional information - Special Assistant and Associate Counsel, President Donald John Trump, Washington, DC, 2018-2019 - Olin-Searle Fellow of the Federalist Society, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2009-2011 - Olin-Searle Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 2009–2010 - Editorial Writer, The New York Sun, 2004-2005 - Associate Editor (2001-2004), Public Affairs Fellow (2002-2004), Hoover Institution, 2001-2004 - Born October 4, 1979 in White Plains, New York, Menashi’s grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Iraq and Ukraine; his maternal grandfather’s relatives were Holocaust victims. - Date of birth: 1979-01-01 - focusing on appellate and commercial litigation - Appointed by President Donald J. Trump to replace Dennis G. Jacobs and confirmed by the Senate on the same date. - He presides over federal appeals cases within the Second Circuit’s jurisdiction, which covers New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. - He has also held a position as an editorial writer for The New York Sun and as a public affairs fellow at the Hoover Institution. - Birth place: White Plains, NY ## 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/7365461) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7365461) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7365461) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15376/steven-james-menashi/) - [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/15376/steven-james-menashi/) - [Wikidata: Steven J. Menashi](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66442951) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-james-menashi", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/steven-james-menashi", "name": "Steven James Menashi | KnowJudges", "description": "Steven James Menashi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 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