Lee Rudofsky

Lee Philip Rudofsky (born 1979) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Rudofsky received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. After law school, Rudofsky served as a law clerk to Justice Robert J. Cordy of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and to Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then became an associate at Kirkland & Ellis, before serving as Deputy General Counsel to the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. In 2015, Rudofsky became Solicitor General of Arkansas, and he left that post in 2018 to become senior director for global anti-corruption compliance at Walmart.

On July 1, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Rudofsky to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Rudofsky was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge James Leon Holmes, who took senior status on March 31, 2018. On July 8, 2019, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate.Senator Tom Cotton recommended his nomination. On July 31, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 17, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On November 6, 2019, the Senate voted 51–41 to invoke cloture on his nomination. On November 7, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 51–41. He received his judicial commission on November 8, 2019.

He has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2002.