Barbara M. Lynn at a glance
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- Judge
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- Texas · Federal
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Barbara M. Lynn
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Service record and verification
Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Judge · Active · November 22, 1999–present · Assignment source ↗
Appointment and verification
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- CourtListener / Free Law Project
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, District Court, N.D. Texas, 1999-present
- Service: Judge of the Northern District of Texas (1999–2023)
- From 1976 to 1999, Lynn practiced law in Dallas at Carrington Coleman, becoming the firm’s first female associate (1976–1982) and later its first female partner (1983–1999)
- Barbara M. G. Lynn is a retired U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, widely recognized as a trailblazer for women in the federal judiciary
- First woman Chief Judge of a U.S. federal district court
Education
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in, graduating first in her class — J.D. (1976)
- University of Virginia-Main Campus — B.A. (1973)
- B.A. in summa cum laude from the University of Virginia in 1973, where she was the first woman in the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society.
Additional information
- Chief Judge: First woman to hold this role, 2016–2022
- Private practice, Dallas, TX, 1976-1999
- Born September 19, 1952, in Binghamton, New York.
- Date of birth: 1952-01-01
- In her own words, Lynn said she “tried to administer justice every day” and “loved presiding over jury trials”
- Birth place: Binghamton, NY
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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 ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked June 30, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · effective November 22, 1999 · Source checked August 2, 2026
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