Background
Haynes was born in Melbourne, Florida and graduated from Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Florida in 1980.
Haynes was born in Melbourne, Florida and graduated from Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Florida in 1980.
She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1983 at the age of 19. She graduated second in her class from Emory University School of Law in 1986 with her Juris Doctor at the age of 22.
While at Emory, she was an editor for the Emory Law Journal. In 1998, Haynes was elected to the 191st District Court in Dallas, Texas. She was re-elected in 2002.
As a state district court judge, she presided over jury and bench trials involving civil litigation.
On the recommendation of Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, Haynes was nominated on July 17, 2007 by President George West. Bush to fill a vacancy on the Fifth Circuit created by Judge Harold R. DeMoss, Junior., who took Senior status on July 1, 2007. Haynes received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 21, 2008, and was voted out of committee on April 3, 2008.
She was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on April 10, 2008, just under nine months after her nomination. Haynes was the sixth and final judge nominated to the Fifth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
She maintains chambers in Dallas, Texas.
She became a member of the State Bar of Texas in 1986.