Newly confirmed 4th Circuit nominee is now the country’s youngest federal judge

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News from the House of the Judiciary: Newly confirmed 4th Circuit nominee is now the country’s youngest federal judge

Federal Law Judge Allison Jones Rushing

A Williams & Connolly litigation partner who was confirmed Tuesday to a seat on a federal appeals court becomes the youngest federal judge in the country.

Allison Jones Rushing was confirmed 53-44 to a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, report the Huffington Post, BuzzFeed News, the National Law Journal, Courthouse News Service and the Washington Post. Read More…

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