Philip Brimmer

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Tenure

2008 - Present

Years in position

17

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard, 1981

Law

Yale Law, 1985

Personal

Birthplace

Rawlins, WY

Contact

Official website

Philip A. Brimmer (b.1959) is afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado. He joined the court in 2008 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush. Brimmer became chief judge of the court in 2019.^[1]

Brimmer is aRepublican.^[2]

Early life and education

Born in Rawlins,Wyoming, Brimmer graduated with a bachelor's degree from Harvard College in 1981, and earned aJ.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1985.^[1]

Professional career

Brimmer was a law clerk for the Hon.Zita Weinshienk in theU.S. District Court for the District of Colorado from 1985 to 1987. Brimmer was a private practice attorney in Colorado from 1987 to 1994 before serving as the Deputy District Attorney for the Denver, Colorado District Attorney's Office until 2001. Brimmer served as the Chief Deputy District Attorney for the Denver, Colorado District Attorney's Office in 2001. He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Colorado from 2001 to 2006, serving as the chief prosecutor of the major crimes section in 2006, and as the chief prosecutor of the special prosecutions section until 2008.^[1]

Judicial career

District of Colorado

Brimmer was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado by PresidentGeorge W. Bush on July 10, 2008, to a seat vacated byLewis Babcock. Brimmer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 26, 2008, and received commission onOctober 14, 2008.^[3] Brimmer became chief judge of the court, succeedingMarcia Krieger, in 2019.^[1]

Awards and associations

Noteworthy cases

Approach to the law

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Colorado

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Brimmer Biography at theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado
Active judges	Chief Judge: Philip Brimmer  •  Gordon Gallagher  •  Nina Nin-Yuen Wang  •  Regina Rodriguez  •  Daniel Domenico  •  S. Kato Crews  •  Charlotte Sweeney
Senior judges	John Kane (Colorado)  •  Lewis Babcock  •  Marcia Krieger  •  Robert Blackburn  •  Christine Arguello  •  R. Brooke Jackson  •  William J. Martinez  •  Raymond P. Moore  •
Magistrate judges	Michael Hegarty (Colorado)  •  Craig Shaffer  •  Scott Varholak  •  Reid Neureiter  •  James Candelaria  •  Maritza Dominguez Braswell  •
Former Article III judges	Moses Hallett  •  William E. Doyle (Colorado)  •  Edward Nottingham  •  Walker Miller  •  Zita Weinshienk  •  Wiley Daniel  •  John Porfilio  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  John Foster Symes  •  Olin Chilson  •  Alfred Arraj  •  Jean Breitenstein  •  James Carrigan  •  Phillip Figa  •  Sherman Finesilver  •  Daniel Sparr  •  Fred Winner  •  William Knous  •
Former Chief judges	Edward Nottingham  •  Richard Matsch  •  Lewis Babcock  •  Wiley Daniel  •  Alfred Arraj  •  Sherman Finesilver  •  Fred Winner  •  William Knous  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge W. Bush
2001	Armijo •Bates •Beistline •Blackburn •Bowdre •Bunning •Bury •Caldwell •Camp •Cassell •Cebull •Clement •Clifton •Crane •Eagan •Engelhardt •Friot •Gibbons •Granade •Gregory •Gritzner •Haddon •Hartz •Heaton •Hicks •Howard •Johnson •Jorgenson •Krieger •Land •Leon •Mahan •Martinez •Martone •McConnell •Melloy •Mills •O'Brien •Parker •Payne •Prost •Reeves •Riley •Robinson •Rogers •Royal •Shedd •B. Smith •L. Smith •Walton •Wooten •Zainey
2002	Africk •Anderson •Autrey •Baylson •Cercone •Chesler •Clark •Collyer •Conner •Conti •Corrigan •Davis •Davis •Dorr •England •Ericksen •Fuller •Gardner •Godbey •Griesbach •Hanen •Hovland •Hudson •Jones •Jordan •Kinkeade •Klausner •Kugler •Leighton •Linares •Moses •Marra •Martinez •Martini •Mays •McVerry •Phillips •Raggi •Reade •Rose •Rufe •Savage •Schwab •Smith •St. Eve •Walter •White •Wolfson
2003	Adams •Altonaga •Bea •Benitez •Bennett •Boyle •Brack •Breen •Browning •Burns •Bybee •Callahan •Campbell •Cardone •Carney •Castel •Chertoff •Cohn •Colloton •Conrad •Coogler •Cook •Cooke •Crone •Der-Yeghiayan •Drell •Duffey •Duncan •Erickson •Feuerstein •Figa •Filip •Fischer •Fisher •Flanagan •Floyd •Frost •Gibson •Greer •Gruender •Guirola •Hall •Hardiman •Hayes •Herrera •Hicks •Holmes •Holwell •Hopkins •Houston •Irizarry •Jones •Junell •Karas •Kravitz •Martinez •McKnight •Minaldi •Montalvo •Mosman •Otero •Pickering •Prado •Pratter •Proctor •Quarles •Robart •Roberts •Robinson •Rodgers •Rodriguez •Sabraw •Sanchez •Saylor •Selna •Sharpe •Simon •Springmann •Stanceu •Steele •Stengel •Suko •Sutton •Sykes •Titus •Townes •Tymkovich •Van Antwerpen •Varlan •Wake •Wesley •White •Woodcock • Yeakel
2004	Alvarez •Benton •Boyko •Covington •Diamond •Harwell •Kelley •Schiavelli •Schneider •Starrett •Watson
2005	Alito •Barrett •Batten •Bianco •Brown •Burgess •Conrad •Cox •Crotty •Delgado-Colon •Dever •DuBose •Griffin •Griffith •Johnston •Kendall •Larson •Ludington •Mattice •McKeague •Neilson •Owen •Pryor •Roberts •Sandoval •Schiltz •Seabright •Smoak •Van Tatenhove •Vitaliano •Watkins •Zouhary
2006	Besosa •Bumb •Chagares •Cogan •Gelpi •Golden •Gordon •Gorsuch •Guilford •Hillman •Holmes •Ikuta •D. Jordan •K. Jordan •Kavanaugh •Miller •Moore •Shepherd •Sheridan •Smith •Whitney •Wigenton
2007	Anderson •Aycock •Bailey •Bryant •Davis •DeGiusti •Dow •Elrod •Fairbank •Fischer •Frizzell •Gutierrez •Hall •Hardiman •Haynes •Howard •Jarvey •Jones •Jonker •Kapala •Kays •Laplante •Limbaugh •Lioi •Livingston •Maloney •Mauskopf •Mendez •Miller •Neff •O'Connor •O'Grady •O'Neill •Osteen •Ozerden •Reidinger •Sammartino •Schroeder •Settle •Smith •Snow •Southwick •Suddaby •Sullivan •Thapar •Tinder •Van Bokkelen •Wood •Wright •Wu
2008	Agee •Anello •Arguello •Brimmer •Gardephe •Goldberg •Jones •Kethledge •Lawrence •Matsumoto •Melgren •Murphy •Scriven •Seibel •Slomsky •Trenga •Waddoups •White