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# Catharina Haynes

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth 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 Fifth Circuit, 2008-present
- Catharina Jacoba Hendrika Dubbeldam Haynes is a United States circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008
- On July 17, 2007, President Bush nominated Haynes to fill a Fifth Circuit vacancy created by Judge Harold R. DeMoss Jr.’s senior status
- Judge, Dallas County Texas One Hundred and Ninety-First District Court, 1999-2006

### Education

- She graduated first in her class from the Florida Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Psychology in 1983, and second in her class from Emory University School of Law with a J.D. in 1986.

### Additional information

- received her commission on April 18, 2008.
- Private practice, Dallas, TX, 2007-2008
- After narrowly losing re-election in 2006, she returned to Baker Botts as a partner.
- Her career has been marked by professional honors, including the 2006 State Bar of Texas Presidential Commendation and multiple awards from the Dallas Women Lawyers Association.
- In 1998, she was elected to the 191st District Court in Dallas County, serving until 2006, presiding over over 190 jury trials and 100 bench trials, and disposing of more than 7,000 cases.
- From 1986 to 1998, Haynes practiced law in Dallas, Texas, with Thompson & Knight and Baker Botts
- Private practice, Dallas, TX, 1986-1998
- She held the role of editor of the Emory Law Journal and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1986.
- Born November 9, 1963, in Melbourne, Florida.
- Date of birth: 1963-01-01
- handling complex business litigation.
- The American Bar Association rated her “Unanimously Well Qualified”.
- Satellite High School
- She maintains chambers in Dallas.
- Haynes was born in Melbourne, Florida, to a Dutch immigrant father from Indonesia.
- Birth place: Melbourne, FL

## 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/1392681)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392681)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392681)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1405/catharina-haynes/)
- [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/1405/catharina-haynes/)
- [Wikidata: Catharina Haynes](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5052087)

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