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# Wade Brorby

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: 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 Tenth Circuit, 1988-2001
- Service: held the role of a judge on the Tenth Circuit from February 17, 1988, until May 25, 2001, when he assumed senior status
- County attorney/prosecutor, Campbell County, WY, 1963-1970
- 1963–1970: County attorney and prosecuting attorney for Campbell County, Wyoming
- Served in the U.S. Air Force (1958–1961) in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, attaining the rank of captain
- Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

### Education

- University of Wyoming College of Law — J.D. (1958)
- University of Wyoming — B.S. (1956)

### Additional information

- Confirmation: Confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 16, 1988, via a voice vote, and commissioned the next day.
- Private practice, Gillette, WY, 1961-1988
- 1961–1988: Private legal practice in Gillette, Wyoming
- Appointment: Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on August 7, 1987, to a seat vacated by James E. Barrett.
- Date of birth: 1934-01-01
- Successor: His seat was filled by Terrence L. O’Brien.
- Current status: Senior judge; no recorded recent judicial activity.
- Birth place: Omaha, NE

## 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/1378356)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378356)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378356)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/412/wade-brorby/)
- [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/412/wade-brorby/)
- [Wikidata: Wade Brorby](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7959026)

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