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Hon. Barbara Lynn

U.S. District Court Northern District


Birth:  1952

Year Service Began:  2000

Appointed by:  President William J. Clinton

Education:  University of Virginia, BA with Highest Distinction 1973, Southern Methodist University School of Law JD summa cum laude, 1976

Legal Practice:  Partner, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P 1983 - 1999; Associate 1976 - 1982

Current Memberships:  Chair, Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, Judicial Conference of the United States; Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Executive Board; Dallas Bar Association; Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Member); American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (Council, 1999-2002; Chair, 1998-1999); American Bar Association Judicial Division (Chair 2008-09); Research Fellows of Center for American and International Law (Chair, 2000-2001); Master, Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court (President 2001-03); American Law Institute