Barbara Lynn
2023 - Present
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Barbara M. Lynn is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She served as chief judge from 2016 to 2022. She joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). Lynn assumed senior status on May 15, 2023.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
Born in Binghamton, New York, Lynn graduated from the University of Virginia with her bachelor's degree in 1973 and from Southern Methodist University School of Law with her J.D. in 1976.[1]
Professional career
- 1999 - 2023: Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- 2023-present: Senior judge
- 2016 - 2022: Chief judge
- 1976-1999: Private practice, Dallas, Texas[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Texas
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Barbara M. Lynn |
| Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 237 days after nomination. |
| Questionnaire: |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
Lynn was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas of Texas by President Bill Clinton on March 25, 1999, to a seat vacated by Barefoot Sanders. The American Bar Association rated Lynn Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Lynn's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 7, 1999, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on October 14, 1999. Lynn was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on November 17, 1999, and she received her commission on November 22, 1999. She served as chief judge of the district court from 2016 to 2022.[1][2][3] Lynn assumed senior status on May 15, 2023.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Former Dallas mayor pro-tem corruption case (2010)
- See also: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (United States, v. Donald W. Hill, et al., 3:07-CR-289-M(01))
- See also: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (United States, v. Donald W. Hill, et al., 3:07-CR-289-M(01))
Judge Lynn was the presiding judge in the case of former Dallas Mayor Pro-Tempore Don Hill. Hill and his wife Shiela Farrington Hill were sentenced on February 26, 2010, after being convicted on bribery and money laundering charges. Don Hill was sentenced to eighteen years in prison while his wife was sentenced to nine years in prison. The judge called the actions "a betrayal to our city."[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Barbara M. Lynn," accessed May 21, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 181 — Barbara M. Lynn — The Judiciary," accessed May 21, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed May 21, 2017
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "Three in Dallas City Hall case sentenced in a 'betrayal of our city'," February 27, 2010
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Harold Sanders |
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 1999-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
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