Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger
| Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | |
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Assumed office February 16, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | James E. Gritzner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rebecca Leigh Goodgame 1975 (age 40–41) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Georgetown University B.S.F.S. Yale Law School J.D. |
| Profession | Attorney |
Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger (born 1975) is a former Iowa Judge and is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Early life and education
Ebinger received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree in 1997 from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She received a Juris Doctor in 2004 from Yale Law School.
Career
She began her legal career with the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa, serving as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, from 2004 to 2006. From 2006 to 2008, she served as a law clerk to Judge Michael Joseph Melloy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. From 2009 to 2011, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa. From 2012 to 2016, she served as a State District Judge in Iowa's Judicial Election District 5C.[1][2]
District court service
On September 15, 2015, President Obama nominated Ebinger to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, to the seat vacated by Judge James E. Gritzner, who took senior status on March 1, 2015.[3] She received a hearing before the 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] She was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 83 to 0 on February 8, 2016. She received her commission on February 16, 2016.[6]
Affiliations and Awards
She is a member of the Polk County Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, Polk County Women Attorneys, the Iowa Judges Association, the National Association of Women Judges, the Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys, and the C. Edwin Moore American Inn of Court.[7]
Personal life
Ebinger is married with three children.[7]
References
- ↑ "President Obama Nominates Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to Serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa". White House. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Gov. Branstad appoints Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger District Court Judge". KJAN. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, September 15, 2015
- ↑ "Nominations", United States Senate Judiciary Committee, October 21, 2015
- ↑ United States Senate Judiciary Committee: Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 5, 2015
- ↑ Senate Roll Call
- 1 2 "District Courts: District Five: Judges and Magistrates: Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger: 5C". iowacourts.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
External links
- Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by James E. Gritzner |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa 2016–present |
Incumbent |