Rebeca Huddle Explained

Rebeca Huddle
Office:Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
Appointer:Greg Abbott
Term Start:October 30, 2020
Predecessor:Paul W. Green
Birth Name:Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle
Birth Place:El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Party:Republican
Education:Stanford University (BA)
University of Texas, Austin (JD)

Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle[1] (born 1973 or 1974)[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

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.

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]

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

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.[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.[10]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle . Texas Judicial Branch.
  2. Web site: May 23, 2019 . Baker Bott's new partner-in-charge shares hiring and revenue strategy . February 16, 2021 . www.bizjournals.com.
  3. Web site: Governor Abbott Appoints Rebeca Huddle To The Texas Supreme Court. 2020-10-30. gov.texas.gov. en. October 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201016205034/https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-appoints-rebeca-huddle-to-the-texas-supreme-court. live.
  4. Web site: Platoff. Emma. 2020-10-15. Gov. Greg Abbott picks Rebeca Huddle for Texas Supreme Court vacancy. 2020-10-30. The Texas Tribune. en. October 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026040237/https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/15/greg-abbott-rebeca-huddle-texas-supreme-court/. live.
  5. Web site: TJB SC News Justice Huddle's Swearing In Will Be Broadcast Friday. 2020-10-30. www.txcourts.gov. October 30, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030162833/https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/news/justice-huddles-swearing-in-will-be-broadcast-friday/. live.
  6. Web site: Texas Supreme Court Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle to be sworn in. 2020-10-30. kvue.com. October 30, 2020 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Goldenstein. Taylor. 2020-10-15. Gov. Abbott appoints Rebeca Huddle to Texas Supreme Court. 2020-10-30. HoustonChronicle.com. en-US. October 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024212331/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Gov-Abbott-appoints-Rebeca-Huddle-to-Texas-15650915.php. live.
  8. Web site: 2014-10-18. First Court of Appeals Justice Rebeca A. Huddle. 2020-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018072321/http://www.1stcoa.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_rahuddle.asp. October 18, 2014.
  9. Web site: Huddle. Rebeca. October 2020. LinkedIn Profile. October 30, 2020. LinkedIn.
  10. Web site: Rebeca A. Huddle People. 2020-10-30. Baker Botts. August 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809170620/https://bakerbotts.com/people/h/huddle-rebeca-a. live.
  11. Web site: 2019-10-04. Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle. 2020-10-30. Texas Executive Women. en-US. September 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918100941/https://texasexecutivewomen.org/member/rebeca-aizpuru-huddle/. live.
  12. Web site: McCullough. Jolie. 2019-01-16. Eight years on Texas' highest criminal court turned Elsa Alcala into a death penalty skeptic. How will the court change without her?. 2020-10-30. The Texas Tribune. en. November 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103191135/https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/16/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-elsa-alcala-departure/. live.
  13. Web site: TJB 1st COA About The Court. 2020-10-30. www.txcourts.gov. October 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201016225954/https://www.txcourts.gov/1stcoa/about-the-court/. live.
  14. Web site: Texas Office of Court Administration. January 31, 2020. FY19 Annual Statistical Report. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201016231208/https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1445760/fy-19-annual-statistical-report.pdf. October 16, 2020. October 30, 2020. Texas Judicial Branch.
  15. Web site: Rebeca Huddle. 2020-10-30. Ballotpedia. en. November 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103191135/https://ballotpedia.org/Rebeca_Huddle. live.

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