Rebeca Huddle | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas | |
| Assumed office October 30, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Paul W. Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle July 7, 1973 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD) |
Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle[1] (born July 7, 1973)[2] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas since 2020. She previously served as a justice of the First Court of Appeals of Texas from 2011 to 2017.[3]
On October 15, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott nominated Huddle to the Texas Supreme Court to replace Justice Paul W. Green, who retired from the court in August.[3][4] Huddle was sworn into office on October 30, 2020.[5][6]
Biography
[edit]Huddle was born in El Paso, Texas and attended Austin High School in El Paso.[7][8] She received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.[3]
Private practice
[edit]After graduating law school, Huddle became a partner in Baker Botts LLP's trial department, focusing on civil litigation. She worked in that position until her appointment to the First Court of Appeals in Houston.[8][9]
Once Huddle left the Court of Appeals, she returned to Baker Botts and became the partner-in-charge of their Houston office, focusing on commercial litigation and appeals.[10][11] She left that position once she was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.
State court service
[edit]In 2011, then-Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Huddle to the nine-member First Court of Appeals, replacing Elsa Alcala, who had been elevated to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.[7][12] The First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals, both based in Houston's 1910 Harris County Courthouse, divide the caseload of appeals from Harris County and nine surrounding counties.[13] They hear both civil and criminal matters and each issue about 700 decisions per year.[14] The term of the justice Huddle replaced expired at the end of 2012, so she chose to stand for election in November 2012 to a new six-year term. She won her election with 53.4% of the vote.[15] Huddle left the court in June 2017 (before her term would have expired in 2018) and returned to private practice at Baker Botts.[7][10]
Huddle is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, and the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle". Texas Judicial Branch.
- ^ "Baker Bott's new partner-in-charge shares hiring and revenue strategy". www.bizjournals.com. May 23, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Governor Abbott Appoints Rebeca Huddle To The Texas Supreme Court". gov.texas.gov. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Platoff, Emma (October 15, 2020). "Gov. Greg Abbott picks Rebeca Huddle for Texas Supreme Court vacancy". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "TJB | SC | News | Justice Huddle's Swearing In Will Be Broadcast Friday". www.txcourts.gov. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "Texas Supreme Court Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle to be sworn in". kvue.com. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Goldenstein, Taylor (October 15, 2020). "Gov. Abbott appoints Rebeca Huddle to Texas Supreme Court". HoustonChronicle.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "First Court of Appeals | Justice Rebeca A. Huddle". October 18, 2014. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Huddle, Rebeca (October 2020). "LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rebeca A. Huddle | People". Baker Botts. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle". Texas Executive Women. October 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ McCullough, Jolie (January 16, 2019). "Eight years on Texas' highest criminal court turned Elsa Alcala into a death penalty skeptic. How will the court change without her?". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "TJB | 1st COA | About The Court". www.txcourts.gov. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Texas Office of Court Administration (January 31, 2020). "FY19 Annual Statistical Report" (PDF). Texas Judicial Branch. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "Rebeca Huddle". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
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