Lee Philip Rudofsky at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 8, 2019–present
Lee Philip Rudofsky
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Deputy general counsel and director of legal election day operations, Mitt Romney for President, 2012
- Professional Career: Deputy general counsel and acting general counsel, Steve Polzner for Governor, Sacramento, California, 2010
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Robert Cordy, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 2005-2006
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Andrew Kleinfeld, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2006-2007
- Professional Career: Solicitor general, State of Arkansas, 2015-2018
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, University of Arkansas School of Law, 2017-
- Professional Career: Private practice, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2009
- Professional Career: Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014-2015,2018-2019; assistant general counsel, 2014-2015; senior director, Global Anti-Corruption Compliance Team, 2018-2019
- Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2007-2009, 2010-2012, 2013-2014
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School),2009
Education
- Cornell University · B.S., 2001
- Harvard Law School · J.D., 2005
Personal record
Born 1979 · New York City
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
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.
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 ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/7330446Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts