Audrey Brodie Collins (born June 12, 1945) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of California since 2014. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2014.
Audrey B. Collins
California Central District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Born 1945 in Chester, PA
FJC ID: 480
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- California Court of Appeal, Second DistrictAssociate justice · 2014–present
- Los Angeles County, CaliforniaDeputy district attorney · 1978–1994
- ↳head deputy, Torrance Branch Office · 1987–1988
- ↳assistant director, Bureaus of Central and Special Operations · 1988–1992
- ↳assistant district attorney · 1992–1994
- Office of the Special Advisor to the Los Angeles [California] Police Department Board of CommissionersDeputy general counsel · 1992
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, CaliforniaAssistant attorney · 1977
Appointments
2009–2012- 1994–2014 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawJ.D. · 1977
- University of California-Los Angelesjd · 1977
- American UniversityM.A. · 1969
- Howard UniversityB.A. · 1967