Rebecca Jennings

Rebecca Grady Jennings is a judge for the Western District of Kentucky. Jennings was born in 1978 in Wilmington, Delaware. She received her bachelor's degree in 1999 from Emory University and her law degree in 2002 from American University Washington College of Law. Following law school, Jennings clerked for the Honorable William J. Haynes on the Middle District Court of Tennessee. She then practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky until 2018, when President Donald J. Trump nominated her to serve as a judge for the Western District Court. The Senate confirmed her nomination on April 12, 2018, to a seat vacated by Judge John Gilpin Heyburn II.