Bridget M. Brennan

Bridget Meehan Brennan (née Bridget Maeve Meehan, born 1974)[1] is an American lawyer from Ohio who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She served as acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2021 to 2022.

Bridget M. Brennan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Assumed office
February 8, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byDan Polster
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
Acting
In office
January 8, 2021 – February 8, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byJustin Herdman
Succeeded byMichelle M. Baeppler (acting)
Personal details
Born
Bridget Maeve Meehan

1974 (age 48–49)
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationJohn Carroll University (BA)
Case Western Reserve University (JD)

Education

Brennan received her Bachelor of Arts from John Carroll University in 1997 and her Juris Doctor from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2000.[2]

Brennan was previously an associate at BakerHostetler in Cleveland from 2000 to 2007. She served in the U.S. Attorney's office from 2007 to 2022, including First Assistant United States Attorney from 2018 to 2021, Chief of the Criminal Division from 2017 to 2018, Chief of the Civil Rights unit from 2015 to 2017, and ethics advisor from 2013 to 2018.[2] From January 2021 to February 2022, she served as the Acting United States Attorney, and in turn chief federal law enforcement officer for the Northern District of Ohio.[3]

Federal judicial service

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Brennan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. President Biden nominated Brennan to the seat vacated by Judge Dan Polster, who assumed senior status on January 31, 2021.[4] On November 17, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On December 16, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote.[6] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[7] she was renominated the same day.[8]

On January 13, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[9] On January 31, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 61–30 vote.[10] On February 1, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 61–35 vote.[11] She received her judicial commission on February 8, 2022.[12]

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  2. "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Meet the U.S. Attorney". www.justice.gov. January 11, 2021. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  4. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 17, 2021.
  6. "PN1205 - Nomination of Bridget Meehan Brennan for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  7. "PN1205 - Nomination of Bridget Meehan Brennan for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 13, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  10. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bridget Meehan Brennan to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  11. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Bridget Meehan Brennan, of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  12. Bridget M. Brennan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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