Fourth Circ. Nominee Allison Rushing Defends Experience Before Senators
Rushing, if confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, would be among the youngest federal judges serving on the bench.
October 17, 2018 at 12:41 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Allison Jones Rushing, a Williams & Connolly partner nominated to the Fourth Circuit, fended off questions about her relatively short time as a lawyer in a confirmation hearing Wednesday, after a Republican senator raised concerns over her “life experience.”
Rushing, if confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, would be among the youngest federal judges serving on the bench. She was born in 1982, and earned her law degree from the Duke University School of Law in 2007. Rushing, who has spent most of her career at Williams & Connolly, became a partner in January 2017.
In a series of questions, Sen. John Kennedy, the junior Republican from Louisiana, highlighted Rushing's time as a lawyer, noting she graduated from law school 11 years ago, and questioned whether she had enough “life experience” to serve on an appeals court.
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