--- title: "Ada Elene Brown | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ada-elene-brown" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Ada Elene Brown U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Texas, 2019-present - American federal judge serving on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas since September 13, 2019 - Judge, Court of Appeals of Texas, 2013-present - Adjunct professor of trial advocacy, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2012-present - Adjunct professor of trial advocacy, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2009-present - Adjunct professor of trial advocacy, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2008-present - Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas, 2013-2019 - Judge, Dallas County [Texas] Criminal Court Number One, 2005-2007 - Judge, Dallas County Criminal Court No. 1 (2005–2007) - Assistant district attorney, Dallas County, TX, 2000-2005 - Family violence advocate, Dallas County [Texas] District Attorney's Office, 1999-2000 ### Education - Emory University — J.D. (1999) - Spelman College — B.A. (1996) - Emory University School of Law ### Additional information - Private practice, Dallas, TX, 2007-2013 - Born November 8, 1974, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. - Date of birth: 1974-01-01 - Birth place: Oklahoma City, OK ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049261) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049261) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7049261) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14421/ada-elene-brown/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14421/ada-elene-brown/) - [Wikidata: Ada E. Brown](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62071528) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ada-elene-brown", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ada-elene-brown", "name": "Ada Elene Brown | KnowJudges", "description": "Ada Elene Brown, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.