Allison Jones Rushing at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 21, 2019–present
Allison Jones Rushing
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Practitioner, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., DC, 2011-2019
- Practitioner, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., DC, 2009-2010
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2007-2008
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2008-2009
- Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, 2010-2011
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2019-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
- Wake Forest University · BA, 2004
- Duke University · JD, 2007
Personal record
Born 1982 · Hendersonville, NC
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
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.
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 unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/6098356CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8522/allison-jones-rushing/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure