--- title: "Susan Laura Carney | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susan-laura-carney" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Susan Laura Carney 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: 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 Second Circuit, 2011-present - Confirmed by the Senate on May 17, 2011 and began her tenure as Circuit Judge on June 21, 2011 - Office of General Counsel, Yale University, 1998-2011 - Appointed to the Second Circuit by President Barack Obama on May 20, 2010, to replace Judge Barrington D. Parker Jr., who had assumed senior status in 2009 - In 1998, she joined Yale University’s Office of General Counsel, later becoming Deputy General Counsel and Acting General Counsel - Law clerk, Hon. Levin H. Campbell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1977-1978 - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - After law school, Carney held the role of a law clerk to Judge Levin H. Campbell of the First Circuit. ### Education - Harvard University — J.D. (1977) - J.D. (magna cum laude), 1977, from Harvard Law School - B.A. (cum laude) in Russian History and Literature, 1973, from Radcliffe College (Harvard University) ### Additional information - Carney’s federal judicial service spans from 2011 to the present, first as an active judge and now as a senior judge. - acting general counsel, 2008-present - Private practice, Boston, MA, 1979-present - She assumed senior status on September 27, 2022, succeeding Barrington D. Parker Jr.. - Harvard Board of Overseers member (2013–2019), President of the Board (2018–2019) - deputy general counsel, 2001-2011 - Served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (2007–2010) - associate general counsel, 1998-2001 - Associate general counsel, Peace Corps, Washington, D.C., 1996-1998 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1994-1996 - Independent legal consultant, Washington, D.C., 1988-1993 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979-1988 - Date of birth: 1951-01-01 - Her work at Yale covered intellectual property, research regulation, international transactions, and ethics. - She then worked in private practice in Boston and Washington, D.C., including roles at Rogovin, Stern & Huge and Tuttle & Taylor, and as Of Counsel to Bredhoff & Kaiser. - She is a member of the Bars of Massachusetts, D.C., and Connecticut. - Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School - Member of the American Law Institute and Fellow of Silliman College - Birth place: Waltham, MA ## 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/1393711) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393711) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393711) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/542/susan-laura-carney/) - [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/542/susan-laura-carney/) - [Wikidata: Susan L. 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