Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger
Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger | |
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.jpg) Ebinger in 2015 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | |
| Assumed office February 16, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | James E. Gritzner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebecca Leigh Goodgame July 11, 1975 Clearwater, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Georgetown University (BSFS) Yale University (JD) |
Rebecca Leigh Goodgame Ebinger (born July 11, 1975) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa and former Iowa state judge.[1]
Early life and education
Ebinger received a
District of Connecticut and for the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of General Counsel.[1] Ebinger is married to Lou Ebinger, an attorney in Des Moines.[2]
Career
She began her legal career with the
assistant United States attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa, primarily specializing in white-collar crime.[1] When she worked in Cedar Rapids from 2004 to 2011, she coached the University of Iowa College of Law's moot court team.[1] From 2011 to 2012, she was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Iowa and worked in the appellate unit.[1] From 2012 to 2016, she served as a state district judge in Iowa's Judicial Election District 5C after being appointed by Governor Terry Branstad.[1]
Federal judicial service
On September 15, 2015, President
United States Senate Judiciary Committee on October 21, 2015.[4] On November 5, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[5] On February 8, 2016, she was confirmed by the Senate by a 83–0 vote.[6] She received her commission on February 16, 2016.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 8, 2018.
- ^ Gartner, Michael (March 11, 2015). "Judge List is Cut to 11; Eric Branstad Buys a House". Cityview. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016.
- National Archives.
- ^ "Nominations". www.judiciary.senate.gov. October 21, 2015.
- ^ "United States Senate Judiciary Committee: Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 5, 2015" (PDF).
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, of Iowa, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa)". www.senate.gov. February 8, 2016.
- ^ Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger at Ballotpedia