Beverly Reid O'Connell

Beverly O'Connell


Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office April 30, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Valerie Fairbank
Personal details
Born	Beverly Ann Reid 1965 (age 50–51) Ventura, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Pepperdine University

Beverly Reid O'Connell (born 1965) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Biography

O'Connell was born Beverly Ann Reid in 1965, in Ventura, California. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 from the University of California at Los Angeles. She received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1990 from Pepperdine University School of Law. From 1990 to 1995, she worked at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, where she handled a variety of civil litigation matters. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 1995 to 2005. She served as a Superior Court Judge for Los Angeles County from 2005 to 2013. She sat by designation on the California Court of Appeals for the Second District, Division 8, for five months in 2010 and 2011. She also served as Assistant Supervising Judge of the North Valley District of the Superior Court.^[1]^[2]

Federal judicial service

On November 14, 2012, President Obama nominated O'Connell to serve as a United State District Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank who took senior status due to a certified disability on March 1, 2012.^[1] On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate.

On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.^[3] On April 15, 2013, the full U.S. Senate approved the nomination by a 92-0 vote.^[4] She received her commission on April 30, 2013.

References

External links

Beverly Reid O'Connell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Valerie Fairbank	Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 2013–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Alaska	Burgess Gleason 1 seat vacant

Arizona	Collins Jorgenson Campbell Snow Zipps Logan Tuchi Humetewa Márquez Rayes Soto 2 seats vacant

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E. Washington	Rice Peterson Bastian Mendoza Jr.

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Guam	Tydingco-Gatewood

N. Mariana Islands	Manglona

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