Rebeca Huddle
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
Assumed office
October 30, 2020
Appointed byGreg Abbott
Preceded byPaul W. Green
Associate Justice of the First Court of Appeals of Texas
In office
August 2011 – June 2017
Appointed byRick Perry
Preceded byElsa Alcala[1]
Succeeded byJennifer V. Caughey[1]
Personal details
Born
Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle[2]

1973 or 1974 (age 49–50)[3]
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of Texas Law School (JD)

Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle (born 1973 or 1974) 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.[4]

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.[4][5] Huddle was sworn into office on October 30, 2020.[6][7]

Biography

Huddle was born in El Paso, Texas and attended Austin High School in El Paso.[8][9] She received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.[4]

Private practice

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.[9][10]

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.[11][12] She left that position once she was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.

State court service

In 2011, then-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.[8][13] 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.[14] They hear both civil and criminal matters and each issue about 700 decisions per year.[15] 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.[16] Huddle left the court in June 2017 (before her term would have expired in 2018) and returned to private practice at Baker Botts.[8][11]

Huddle is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, and the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "TJB | 1st COA | About The Court | History | Justices & Clerks". www.txcourts.gov. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle". Texas Judicial Branch.
  3. ^ "Baker Bott's new partner-in-charge shares hiring and revenue strategy". www.bizjournals.com. May 23, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Texas Supreme Court Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle to be sworn in". kvue.com. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Huddle, Rebeca (October 2020). "LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Rebeca A. Huddle | People". Baker Botts. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle". Texas Executive Women. October 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "TJB | 1st COA | About The Court". www.txcourts.gov. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Rebeca Huddle". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

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Legal offices Preceded byElsa Alcala Judge of the First Court of Appeals of Texas 2011–2017 Succeeded byJennifer V. Caughey Preceded byPaul W. Green Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas 2020–present Incumbent
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