Before taking the bench in 2015, Judge Ann-Marie Carruth enjoyed a private general law practice. She holds both her undergraduate and law degree from Texas Tech University, where she was named best-oralist in mock trial competitions and received the American Jurisprudence award in International Environmental Law. Judge Carruth has served as judge for Precinct 4 and Court-at-Law #3 in Lubbock County and was recently appointed by Governor Abbott as the judge of the 72nd District Court. 

While in office Judge Carruth has developed community outreach programs such as Full Court Press, Carruth's Court Camp, and created several other opportunities for the court and community to intersect. 

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht has appointed Judge Carruth to the Courthouse Security Task Force, the Judicial Committee on Information Technology, the Landlord-Tenant Forms Task Force, and the Pro Bono Work Group. Judge Carruth has twice been named “Judge of the Year” by the West Texas Justices of the Peace and Constables Association, Young Adult Volunteer of the Year by the Lubbock Volunteer Center and a Women of Excellence by the YWCA. In 2018, Judge Carruth was named the Texas Tech University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) Ag Communications' Outstanding Early Career recipient and her Saturday Court was named the “Best Practice” in the state of Texas by JPCA. The following year, she was presented with the Texas Tech University CASNR Young Alumni Award. 

Judge Carruth is a member of the Texas Tech University School of Law Inns of Court and serves on committees for the Texas Bar Foundation. She also serves on the board for the Texas Bar College, the YWCA, and the Community Foundation of West Texas. 

Judge Carruth has served as an adjunct professor for Texas Tech University, Wayland Baptist University, and Texas Tech University School of Law. She also serves as faculty for the Texas Justice Court Training Center and is frequently invited to speak to various legal, professional, and community organizations. 

Judge Carruth and her husband, Kyle, have two boys, Thatcher and Baines.