Philip Andrew Brimmer (born March 15, 1959) is the Chief United States district judge of the

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. He is the son of

Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. (July 11, 1922 – October 23, 2014) was an American judge. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. Life and career Born in Rawlins, Wyoming, Bri ...

, a former federal judge in

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Education and career

Born in

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, Brimmer received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from

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in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from

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in 1985. He was a law clerk for Judge Zita Leeson Weinshienk of the

from 1985 to 1987. He was in private practice in

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from 1987 to 1994, and then served as a deputy district attorney in the Denver District Attorney's Office from 1994 to 2001, briefly serving as its chief deputy district attorney in 2001. He became an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado in 2001, becoming chief of the major crimes section in 2006, and served as chief of the special prosecutions section from 2006 to 2008. Brimmer is a

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Federal judicial service

On July 10, 2008, Brimmer was nominated by President

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to a seat on the

vacated by Lewis Babcock. Brimmer was confirmed by the

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on September 26, 2008, and received his commission on October 14, 2008. He became Chief Judge on March 3, 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brimmer, Philip A. 1959 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American judges 21st-century American lawyers Assistant United States Attorneys Colorado lawyers Colorado Republicans Harvard College alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado People from Rawlins, Wyoming United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush Yale Law School alumni