Leonie Brinkema
1993 - Present
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Leonie M. Brinkema is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She joined the court in 1993 after an appointment from President Bill Clinton (D).
Early life and education
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Brinkema graduated from Rutgers University with her bachelor's degree in 1966. She earned her master's in legal studies from Rutgers University in 1970. She earned her J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1976.[1]
Professional career
- 1993-Present: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- 1985-1993: Federal magistrate judge, Eastern District of Virginia
- 1984-1985: Private practice, Alexandria, Va.
- 1984-1985: Instructor, Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy
- 1983-1984: Attorney, office of international affairs, U.S. Department of Justice
- 1977-1983: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia
- 1976-1977: Attorney, criminal division, U.S. Department of Justice[2]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Virginia
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Leonie M. Brinkema |
| Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 73 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: August 6, 1993
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: October 7, 1993
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: October 14, 1993
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| Confirmed: October 18, 1993
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Brinkema was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by President Bill Clinton on August 6, 1993, to a seat vacated by Albert Bryan Jr. The American Bar Association rated Brinkema Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Brinkema's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 7, 1993, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on October 14, 1993. Brinkema was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on October 18, 1993, and she received her commission on October 20, 1993.[2][3][4]
Magistrate, Eastern District of Virginia
Brinkema served as a federal magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1985 to 1993.[2]
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Leonie M. Brinkema," accessed May 15, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ United States Congress, "PN 542 — Leonie M. Brinkema — The Judiciary," accessed May 15, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 103rd Congress," accessed May 15, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1993-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
