Leonie M. Brinkema
| Leonie Milhomme Brinkema | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
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Assumed office October 20, 1993 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Leonie Milhomme June 26, 1944 Teaneck, New Jersey |
| Education |
Douglass College (B.A.) Rutgers University (M.L.S.) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor New York University Cornell Law School (J.D.) |
Leonie Milhomme Brinkema (born June 26, 1944) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
She was born as Leonie Milhomme in Teaneck, New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Douglass College in 1966 and undertook graduate studies in philosophy at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1966) and New York University (1967–1969). She earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree at Rutgers University in 1970 and her Juris Doctor at Cornell Law School in 1976.
She worked in the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division's Public Integrity Section 1976–1977, and then the United States Attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia, Criminal Division 1977–1983. During 1983–1984 she returned to the Criminal Division and worked as a solo practitioner from 1984–1985.
Brinkema was a United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia from 1985 to 1993.
On August 6, 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Brinkema to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 18, 1993, and received her commission on October 20, 1993. She took up her post on October 23, 1993.
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