--- title: "Julie Rebecca Rubin | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-rebecca-rubin" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Julie Rebecca Rubin U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland - State: Maryland - 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 - United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, serving since April 6, 2022 - Associate judge, Maryland Circuit Court, Baltimore City, 2013-2022 - From January 9, 2013 to March 30, 2022, Rubin was an Associate Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit of the Baltimore City Circuit Court, appointed by Governor Martin O’Malley and later elected to a 15-year term - Adjunct professor of law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2003, 2005-2014, 2015, 2017 - Associate, then Partner, Astrachan Gunst Thomas Rubin, P.C. (2000–2013) - 1998–2000: Associate, Shapiro & Olander, P.A - During law school, she held the position of an Asper Fellow to then–U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis District of Maryland - Official site: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland – Judge Julie R. Rubin District of Maryland - She also held the role of an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and other institutions ### Education - University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) — J.D. (1998) - She later earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1998. - Mount Holyoke College — B.A. (1995) ### Additional information - On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Rubin to fill the vacancy created when Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander assumed senior status. - Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998-1999, 2000-2013 - Born 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland. - Date of birth: 1972 - handling intellectual property and employment law - Rubin is admitted to the bars of Maryland, D.C., Pennsylvania, and New York. - She also served on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Maryland Judicial Council and various bar association boards - She has also served on boards such as the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society - She has been active in professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, Baltimore City Bar Association, and Women’s Bar Association of Maryland. - Birth place: Baltimore ## 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/11692381) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11692381) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11692381) - [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) - [Judge Julie Rebecca Rubin](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11692381) - [Wikidata: Julie Rubin](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109379582) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-rebecca-rubin", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julie-rebecca-rubin", "name": "Julie Rebecca Rubin | KnowJudges", "description": "Julie Rebecca Rubin, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. 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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.