Hon. Rebeca Huddle, Deputy Liaison

Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas by Governor Greg Abbott in October 2020. She is a native of El Paso, where she grew up and attended Stephen F. Austin High School.  Justice Huddle earned her undergraduate degree in political science at Stanford University and taught Spanish for a year before returning to Texas to attend law school.  She earned her law degree at the University of Texas School of Law, where she was the recipient of three endowed presidential scholarships and graduated with honors. 

Before entering public service, Justice Huddle practiced law at Baker Botts L.L.P., where she handled litigation matters ranging from individual personal injury cases to complex commercial and shareholder disputes and appeals.  She was admitted to the firm’s partnership in 2008.  In 2011, Justice Huddle was appointed by then Governor Rick Perry to serve as a justice on the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas.  She was then elected to that office in 2012.   During her tenure at the First Court of Appeals, Justice Huddle authored over 400 reasoned majority opinions and worked with her colleagues to dispose of many hundreds more appeals.  Justice Huddle returned to Baker Botts as a partner in 2017, to resume her practice in commercial litigation and appeals.  She served as the Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Houston office beginning in 2018.    

Justice Huddle has long been engaged in the community, in bar activities, and in mentoring younger lawyers. While in private practice, she served as a member of Texas’s Judicial Compensation Commission, on behalf of which she testified before a legislative subcommittee. In 2018, she received the Houston Bar Association Appellate Section’s award for Outstanding Judicial Service and Leadership. In 2019, she was named a Woman on the Move by Texas Executive Women.  She has served as a member of the board of directors of the Greater Houston Partnership and the Houston Area Women’s Center.  She is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and the Houston Bar Foundation. She enjoys mentoring younger lawyers, always encouraging them to strive for excellence and become active leaders within their communities.

Justice Huddle and her husband, Greg, have two daughters. Her term ends December 31, 2022.