Barbara M. G. Lynn (born September 19, 1952) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, with chambers in Dallas, Texas from 1999 to 2025.
Barbara M. Lynn
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Born 1952 in Binghamton, NY
FJC ID: 2849
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1999–2025
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas1976–1999
Appointments
1999–2025 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law)J.D. · 1976
- University of VirginiaB.A. · 1973