Rebecca Grady Jennings

Rebecca Grady Jennings (born 1978)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Rebecca Grady Jennings
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Assumed office
April 19, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn G. Heyburn II
Personal details
Born
Rebecca Christine Grady

1978 (age 42–43)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Spouse(s)Patrick Jennings
EducationEmory University (BA)
American University (JD)

Biography

Jennings received her Bachelor of Arts from Emory University and Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law at American University, where she served as a senior associate on the American University International Law Review.

In 2000 she was a student attorney for the American University Community and Economic Development Law Clinic and later a legal intern for District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Nan R. Shuker. In 2001 she was an equal justice foundation fellow for C-CAPE in Beaufort, North Carolina.

She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge William Joseph Haynes Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Before becoming a judge, she worked as chair of Middleton Reutlinger's litigation practice, and her practice focused on civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts.[2]

Federal judicial service

On September 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Jennings to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to the seat vacated by Judge John G. Heyburn II, who assumed senior status on April 1, 2014.[3] A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on November 15, 2017.[4] On December 7, 2017, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[5] On April 12, 2018, the Senate voted to invoke cloture by a vote of 94–2.[6] Her nomination was then confirmed on the same day by a voice vote.[7] She received her commission on April 19, 2018.

Personal life

Jennings is married to Patrick Jennings, who works at Commonwealth Alliances, a lobbying firm.[8]

References
  1. "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Rebecca Grady Jennings" (PDF). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventh Wave of Judicial Candidates".
  3. "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today".
  4. "Nominations - United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  5. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
  6. "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov.
  7. "PN989 – Nomination of Rebecca Grady Jennings, of Kentucky, for The Judiciary, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. September 7, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  8. Wolfson, Andrew; Costello, Darcy (September 7, 2017). "Louisville lawyer would be first woman judge to serve exclusively in Western District". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
John G. Heyburn II		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
2018–present		 Incumbent


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