- Judge Rebecca L. Pennell was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington on November 20, 2024.
- Previously, she was a judge on the Washington Court of Appeals in Spokane from 2016.
- Judge Pennell worked as public defender with the Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho from 2000 to 2016.
- Between 1999 and 2000, Judge Pennell was a Skadden Fellow at TeamChild, an organization that provides legal services to young people.
- She clerked for Judge Robert Whaley on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington from 1997 to 1999.
- Judge Pennell received her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1996 and her B.A. from the University of Washington in 1993.
Confirmed