Arthur Raymond Randolph (born November 1, 1943) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He was appointed to the D.C. Circuit in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush and assumed senior status in 2008.
Arthur Raymond Randolph
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1943 in Riverside, NJ
FJC ID: 1964
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 23/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 460/year
District of Columbia District Court · 1990–2008District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1990–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1973–1975, 1977–1990
State of MontanaSpecial assistant attorney general · 1983–1990- State of New MexicoSpecial assistant attorney general · 1985–1990
- State of UtahSpecial assistant attorney general · 1986–1990
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official ConductSpecial counsel · 1979–1980
Adjunct professor of law · 1974–1978- U.S. Department of JusticeDeputy solicitor general · 1975–1977
- U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant to the solicitor general · 1970–1973
Law clerk , Hon. Henry J. Friendly · 1969–1970
Appointments
1990–2008
1990–2008 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Drexel UniversityB.S. · 1966