Jerome A. Holmes (born November 18, 1961) is an American lawyer serving as the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is the first African American to serve on the Tenth Circuit.
Jerome A. Holmes
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Born 1961 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 3128
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 247/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2006–
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2022–present
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma2005–2006
Western District of OklahomaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1994–2005- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1991–1994
Law clerk , Hon. William J. Holloway · 1990–1991
Law clerk , Hon. Wayne E. Alley · 1988–1990
Appointments
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge2006–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Harvard UniversityM.P.A. · 2000
J.D. · 1988- Wake Forest UniversityB.A. · 1983