Randy Barnhart

Appellate Alert: New 10th Circuit Local Rule with Deadline

The following proposed rule may be adopted December 1, 2011, effective January 1, 2012. Note the deadline, which is not a multiple of 7!

10th Cir. R. 5.1 Reply briefs.

A party seeking to file a reply in support of a petition may file a motion to that effect. Replies may be no longer than six pages in length in a 13 point font. The motion must include the proposed reply. Motions filed under this rule must be submitted within 5 business days of service of the response.

The Firm Welcomes Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the 10th Circuit

Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nominated by Barack H. Obama on March 3, 2010, to a seat vacated by Michael W. McConnell; Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010.

Education

Stanford University, A.B. Oxford University, M.A. (Rhodes Scholar) Yale Law School, J.D.

Professional History

Hugh B. Brown Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 2009-10 Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 2006-07 Dean University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 1998-2006 Professor, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 1991-2010, Associate Professor, 1985-91 United States Attorney for the District of Utah, 1993-1997 Visiting Associate Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1989-90 Deputy County Attorney, Salt Lake County, 1988-89 Associate Attorney, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., 1981-85