Federal Circuit
Kara Farnandez Stoll
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CAFC1203
- Nominated
- Jan. 7, 2015
- Committee hearing
- March 11, 2015
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)April 23, 2015
- Senate vote
- 95–0Roll Call
- Confirmed
- July 7, 2015
- Commissioned
- July 8, 2015
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc.
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Sept. 8panel identified Sat on the panel in Brack v. Collins
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Aug. 31
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Aug. 31
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Aug. 20opinion issued Authored the opinion in Gordon v. Collins
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Aug. 11
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Aug. 11
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July 10
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July 1
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June 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Loveridge v. United States
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June 5panel identified Sat on the panel in Hafeman v. Google LLC
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June 5
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Exelixis, Inc. v. Msn Laboratories Private Ltd. | Federal Circuit | Aug. 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Constellation Designs, LLC v. Lg Electronics, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Aug. 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Gordon v. Collins | Federal Circuit | Aug. 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | Fedmet Resources Corporation v. United States | Federal Circuit | Aug. 11, 2026 |
| Opinion | International Rights Advocates v. Mullin | Federal Circuit | June 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Bissell, Inc. v. Itc | Federal Circuit | May 11, 2026 |
| Opinion | Constellation Designs, LLC v. Lg Electronics, Inc. | Federal Circuit | April 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Ascendis Pharma A/S v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | Federal Circuit | March 26, 2026 |
| Opinion | Regenxbio Inc. v. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Feb. 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | Lesko v. United States | Federal Circuit | Jan. 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | Crocs, Inc. v. Itc | Federal Circuit | Jan. 8, 2026 |
| Opinion | Brimer v. Navy | Federal Circuit | Dec. 17, 2025 |
| Dissent | Lesko v. United States | Federal Circuit | Dec. 12, 2025 |
| Opinion of the Court | Lesko v. United States | Federal Circuit | Dec. 12, 2025 |
| Opinion | Rex Medical, L.P. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Oct. 2, 2025 |
| Opinion | Electrical Welfare Trust Fund v. United States | Federal Circuit | Oct. 2, 2025 |
| Opinion | Future Link Systems, LLC v. Realtek Semiconductor Corporation | Federal Circuit | Sept. 9, 2025 |
| Opinion | percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States | Federal Circuit | Aug. 28, 2025 |
| Opinion | Valeo North America, Inc. v. United States | Federal Circuit | Aug. 12, 2025 |
| Opinion | Powerblock Holdings, Inc. v. Ifit, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Aug. 11, 2025 |