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# Rebecca Liane Taibleson

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

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh 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

- In summary: Rebecca Liane Taibleson is a Yale‐educated former federal prosecutor and DOJ assistant to the Solicitor General, now serving as a Seventh Circuit judge since November 2025, appointed by President Trump and confirmed by a narrow Senate majority
- Rebecca Liane Taibleson (née Krauss) is an American judge serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2025 and confirmed by the Senate 52–46
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin (2016–2025), co‐chief of the Appellate Division (2018–2025)
- Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice (2019–2022), arguing cases such as Torres v
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2019-2021
- Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (2012–2016)
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2011-2012
- She clerked for Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit (2010–2011) and for Justice Antonin Scalia at the U.S. Supreme Court (2011–2012)
- Law clerk, Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2010-2011
- She is the daughter of attorneys Cynthia Conner‐Krauss and Michael I. Krauss, a professor emeritus at Antonin Scalia Law School

### Education


### Additional information

- On August 14, 2025, President Trump nominated Taibleson to replace Judge Diane S. Sykes.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination 12–10 on October 9, 2025; cloture was invoked 50–45 on October 23, and she was confirmed 52–46 on October 27, 2025.
- She received her judicial commission on November 3, 2025.
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2012-2016
- Born Rebecca Liane Krauss in 1983 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, she obtained a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University in 2005 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2010 after transferring from Stanford Law School.
- Madrid and United States v.
- Taylor before the Supreme Court
- Taibleson is married to Benjamin Philip Taibleson; the couple are Jewish and reside in Fox Point, Wisconsin.

## 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/13762070)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762070)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762070)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [Judge Rebecca Liane Taibleson](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762070)

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