--- title: "Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/rebeca-aizpuru-huddle-tx-supreme-court" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle Supreme Court of Texas · Justice ## Profile - Court: Supreme Court of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Austin, TX, 2020-2022 - Republican U.S. judge and Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, appointed in 2020 and elected to a full term in 2022 - Place 5 on the Supreme Court of Texas, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott on October 15, 2020, to replace Justice Paul W. Green - Partner in Charge of Houston Office, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, 2017-2020 - Leadership: Partner-in-Charge of Baker Botts’ Houston office from 2018 - Associate Justice, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston), Houston, TX, 2011-2017 - Judicial Service: 2011: Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the First Court of Appeals of Texas 2012: Elected to the position; authored over 400 reasoned majority opinions during her tenure 2017: Left the court to return to private practice at Baker Botts - Partner, Trial Department, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX, 1999-2011 ### Education - Political Science — Stanford University — 1995 - B.A. in Political Science, Stanford University J.D., University of Texas School of Law (three endowed presidential scholarships, graduated with honors) ### Additional information - Sworn in on October 30, 2020, and elected to a full term in 2022, with her current term ending December 31, 2028. - She has received the Houston Bar Association Appellate Section’s award for Outstanding Judicial Service and Leadership (2018) and was named Woman on the Move by Texas Executive Women (2019). - with honors — The University of Texas at Austin — 1999 - Boards including the Greater Houston Partnership and Houston Area Women’s Center. - handling civil litigation from personal injury to complex commercial and shareholder disputes. - Early Career: After law school, she joined Baker Botts LLP - Justice Huddle is a member of the American Law Institute, Texas Bar Foundation, and Houston Bar Foundation. - She is married to Greg Huddle and has two teenage daughters. - Birth place: El Paso, TX ## 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 electronic filing Scope: statewide In Texas appellate courts, attorneys must electronically file civil and criminal documents, subject to a good-cause motion; self-represented parties may e-file but are not required to do so. Evidence excerpt: Attorneys in civil cases must electronically file documents. Attorneys in criminal cases must electronically file documents except for good cause shown in a motion filed in the appellate court. [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/about-the-court/justices/) - [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/about-the-court/justices/) - [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/about-the-court/justices/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8342/rebeca-aizpuru-huddle/) - [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8342/rebeca-aizpuru-huddle/) - [Wikidata: Rebeca Huddle](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101053232) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/rebeca-aizpuru-huddle-tx-supreme-court", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/rebeca-aizpuru-huddle-tx-supreme-court", "name": "Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle | KnowJudges", "description": "Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle, Supreme Court of Texas. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.