Paul V. Niemeyer

Paul Victor Niemeyer (born in Princeton, New Jersey on April 5, 1941) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Niemeyer attended Kenyon College (A.B., 1962), where he played on the school's baseball team. He then studied at the University of Munich, before pursuing his legal education at Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1966). Niemeyer was admitted to the Maryland bar and practiced commercial law at Piper & Marbury (now DLA Piper) in Baltimore, Maryland from 1966 to 1988. In 1984, Niemeyer co-authored the Maryland Rules Commentary, a treatise on the rules of procedure in the Maryland state courts. From 1973 to 1988, he was a member of the Maryland Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. In 2006, Niemeyer published A Path Remembered: The Lives of Gerhart & Lucie Niemeyer. Niemeyer's father, Gerhart Niemeyer (1907-1997), was a political philosopher and professor of government at the University of Notre Dame. Niemeyer is married and has three sons.

Niemeyer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 11, 1987 to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, to fill the seat vacated by Frank A. Kaufman. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 19, 1988, and received his commission on February 22, 1988. Niemeyer served on the district court until his appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was nominated to the Fourth Circuit by President George H. W. Bush on May 11, 1990, to fill the seat vacated by Harrison Lee Winter. Niemeyer was confirmed with the unanimous consent of the United States Senate on August 3, 1990, and received his commission on August 7, 1990. In 1993, Niemeyer became a member of the Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He served as chair of the committee from 1996 through 2000. Niemeyer is a member of the American Law Institute and has taught Appellate Practice at Duke Law School. His chambers are located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Clerk	Started	Finished	School (Year)
Donald E. Childress III (Trey)	2004	2005	Duke (2004)
Paul Nathanson	2004	2005	Harvard (2004)
Karen Servidea	2004	2005	Virginia (2004)
Katie Bagley	2005	2006	Virginia (2005)
Bryan Killian	2005	2006	Harvard (2005)
Micah Schwartzman	2005	2006	Virginia (2006)
Jeffrey Davidson	2006	2007	Yale (2006)
Matthew Krueger	2006	2007	Minnesota (2006)
Michael Nemelka	2006	2007	Virginia (2006)
Brian Foster	2007	2008	Notre Dame (2007)
Ajeet Pai	2007	2008	Virginia (2007)
Keri Steffes	2007	2008	Yale (2007)
Andrew Blair-Stanek	2008	2009	Yale (2008)
Alison Buckley	2008	2009	Northwestern (2008)
Destiny Duron-Deas	2008	2009	Duke (2008)