Bianca Rucker

Hon. Bianca M. Rucker is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas in Fayetteville, appointed on April 26, 2021. Prior to her judicial appointment, she was a chapter 7 panel bankruptcy trustee and attorney representing creditors and debtors in consumer and business bankruptcy matters at Rucker Law PLLC, in Fayetteville. Before working as a trustee, Judge Rucker was a partner at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP (WLJ), where her practice focused on bankruptcy, commercial litigation and insurance defense. She also served as a staff attorney to Hon. Richard D. Taylor (2006-07) and Hon. Ben T. Barry (2007-11) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Judge Rucker has served as president of the Northwest Arkansas Debtor and Creditor Bar Association, and she is an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she teaches alcohol beverage law. She received her B.A. in political science in 2003 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and her J.D. with honors in 2006 from the William H. Bowen School of Law.