Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves at a glance
- Current role
- U.S. Circuit Judge
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves
U.S. Circuit Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Service record and verification
Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge · Not Current In Effective Roster · February 7, 2023–Not Current In Effective Roster · Assignment source ↗
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge · Active · Assignment source ↗
Appointment and verification
- Appointment method
- Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
- Appointing authority
- Joseph R. Biden
- Source authority
- Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory
Biography
Professional career
- Justice, Delaware Supreme Court (2019–2023) — first African‐American justice on the court
- Adjunct professor, Widener University Delaware School of Law, 2022
- Adjunct professor, Seattle University School of Law, 2018
- Adjunct professor, University of Georgia School of Law, 2015, 2017
- Private practice: Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York City (2007–2011) — corporate governance & securities litigation Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE (2011–2015) — corporate governance & commercial litigation
- Law clerk, Hon. William B. Chandler III, Delaware Court of Chancery, 2006-2007
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law — J.D. (2006)
- (magna cum laude), University of Mississippi — B.A. (2003)
Additional information
- Commissioned: February 7, 2023
- Senate confirmation: December 12, 2022 (vote 53–35)
- While on the Delaware Supreme Court, Montgomery‐Reeves authored a 2021 majority opinion holding that certain Senate records submitted to the University of Delaware archives were not subject to Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act.
- Vice chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, 2015-2019
- Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 2011-2015
- Date of birth: 1981-04-29
- Predecessor: Thomas L. Ambro
- In summary: Tamika Renee Montgomery‐Reeves is a highly experienced jurist with a background in corporate law, Delaware’s highest court, and now the federal appellate bench, recognized for her legal scholarship and judicial service.
- Birth place: Jackson
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Oral argument
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.
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 unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked October 11, 2026.
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective February 7, 2023 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗