Allison Jones Rushing

Allison Jones Rushing
Personal details
Born Allison Blair Jones
1982 (age 35–36)
Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Blake Rushing (m. 2016)
Education Wake Forest University (BA)
Duke University School of Law (JD)

Allison Jones Rushing (born 1982)[1] is a partner at Williams & Connolly and a nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Early life and career

Rushing grew up in East Flat Rock, North Carolina and graduated from East Henderson High School.[2][3] She earned her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Wake Forest University, and her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Duke University School of Law in 2007, where she served as executive editor of the Duke Law Journal.[4][5] Rushing then clerked for then-Judge Neil Gorsuch, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[6][7] From 2009 to 2010, she worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly. Rushing later clerked for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2010–2011 term.[8][9][10] In 2011, Rushing rejoined Williams & Connolly in the Washington, D.C. office under Kannon Shanmugam, and in January 2017 was named a partner.[11][12][13]

Nomination to court of appeals

On August 27, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Rushing to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[12][14] Her official nomination was received on the same day by the United States Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.[15]

Personal life

On November 5, 2016, she married Blake Vincent Rushing in Washington, D.C.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Allison Jones Rushing
  2. ↑ "Duke Law celebrates a third Supreme Court clerkship". Duke Law School News. April 6, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Moss, Bill (September 7, 2018). "East Flat Rock native nominated for nation's second highest court". Hendersonville Lightening. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Giles Harris Winners 2003". Wake Forest University, College of Music. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Class Notes—2004" (PDF). Wake Forest Magazine. Summer 2017. p. 88. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Press release: Tillis & Burr Welcome Nomination of Allison Rushing As Judge for the Fourth Circuit". Office of North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Letter in Support of Neil Gorsuch from Female Former Law Clerks" (PDF). United States Senate Judiciary Committee. March 20, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ Lat, David (April 20, 2010). "Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet Justice Thomas's Clerks". Above the Law. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Yarger '08 secures clerkship with Justice Clarence Thomas". Duke Law School News. October 6, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ Von Drehle, David (August 28, 2018). "Opinion: Democrats have themselves to blame for Trump's judicial juggernaut". Washington Post. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  11. ↑ Gregg, Aaron (January 13, 2017). "Washington-area appointments and promotions for Jan. 16". Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  13. ↑ Murphy, Brian (September 11, 2018). "At 36, North Carolina native picked by Trump for lifetime appointment". Charlotte Observer. McClatchy. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Trump nominating N. Carolina native Rushing for 4th Circuit". Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  15. ↑ "PN2451 — Allison Jones Rushing — The Judiciary". United States Senate. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Alumni Notes, Class of 2007" (PDF). Duke Law Magazine. Summer 2017. p. 76. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

Selected publications

  • Jones, Allison B. (2006). "The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine: What Does It Mean to Be Inextricably Intertwined?". Duke Law Journal. 56 (2): 643–679. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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