Allison Rushing, 36, was confirmed to the Fourth Circuit over concerns about her lack of experience and conservative views and affiliations.
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Washington lawyer Allison Rushing to a federal appeals court seat, making her President Donald Trump’s youngest judge to date, and the youngest federal judge in the country.
An administration official confirmed Rushing is 36. She earned her law degree from Duke University School of Law in 2007. Including the three years she spent clerking, Rushing has just under the 12 years of experience practicing law that the American Bar Association’s federal judiciary committee recommends for nominees. The committee rated her “qualified,” but did not give her its highest rating of “well qualified.”on Oct.
Rushing will fill a 4th Circuit seat informally designated for a North Carolina nominee; the court also covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina. Rushing was born in North Carolina, according to her Senate questionnaire, but now lives in Washington, DC, where she’s a partner at the law firm Williams & Connolly.
While Rushing is among the youngest federal judges in recent history, she is not the youngest ever. Carter and former president Ronald Reagan put the youngest judges on the bench of the past six decades — they both nominated judges who turned 33 the year they were confirmed to US district court seats.
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