--- title: "Allison Jones Rushing | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allison-jones-rushing" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Allison Jones Rushing U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit 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, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2019-present - Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, 2010-2011 - She interned at the Alliance Defending Freedom in 2005, a conservative Christian nonprofit, and later clerked for Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Tenth Circuit (2007–2008), Judge David B. Sentelle on the D.C. Circuit (2008–2009), and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court (2010–2011) - Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2008-2009 - Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2007-2008 - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - She also held a position as an associate and later partner at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C ### Education - Duke University — J.D. (2007) - Bachelor of Arts in music, summa cum laude, from Wake Forest University in 2004 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. ### Additional information - The Senate confirmed her on March 5, 2019, by a 53-44 vote, and she received her commission on March 21, 2019. - Practitioner, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., DC, 2011-2019 - President Donald Trump nominated Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on August 27, 2018, to fill the seat vacated by Allyson K. Duncan. - Practitioner, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., DC, 2009-2010 - She then attended Duke University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2007, where she held the role of executive editor of the Duke Law Journal. - Allison Jones Rushing was born on April 23, 1982, in Hendersonville, North Carolina. - Date of birth: 1982-01-01 - Began her legal career with internships and clerkships at prominent conservative organizations and courts. - focusing on appellate litigation. - She graduated from East Henderson High School in East Flat Rock, North Carolina. - At the time of her confirmation, she was one of four Trump appointees on the 15-member Fourth Circuit. - Birth place: Hendersonville, NC ## 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 ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6098356) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6098356) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6098356) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8522/allison-jones-rushing/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8522/allison-jones-rushing/) - [Wikidata: Allison Jones Rushing](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56284201) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allison-jones-rushing", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allison-jones-rushing", "name": "Allison Jones Rushing | KnowJudges", "description": "Allison Jones Rushing, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 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