Rebecca Rutherford

Rebecca Rutherford

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

7

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Methodist University, 1993

Law

Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, 1998

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Rebecca Rutherford is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She joined the court on January 26, 2018.

Education

• B.A., Southern Methodist University (1993)
• J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law (1998)

Career

• 2018-Present: Magistrate judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• 2005-2017: Judicial law clerk, Hon. Barbara Lynn, Hon. Paul Stickney, Hon. Jeff Kaplan, Northern District of Texas
• 1999-2004: Associate, Thompson & Knight, LLP
• 1998-1999: Judicial law clerk, Hon. A. Joe Fish, Northern District of Texas

See also

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

External links

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• Official bio

Footnotes

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Texas courts

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Federal courts:

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas

State courts:

Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts

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