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Donald Eugene O'Brien

Donald Eugene O'Brien

Iowa Southern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Born 1923 in Marcus, IA

Died 2015 in Sioux City, IA

FJC ID: 1791

Donald Eugene O'Brien (September 30, 1923 – August 18, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. He was an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, a Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives, a United States Attorney, and a political organizer.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1991–1997
  2. Private practice, Sioux City, Iowa
    1948–1949, 1967–1978
  3. U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
    1961–1967
  4. Sioux City [Iowa] Municipal Court
    Judge · 1959–1960
  5. Woodbury County, Iowa
    County attorney · 1955–1958
  6. Sioux City, Iowa
    Assistant city attorney · 1949–1953
  7. Air Corps
    Air Corps
    U.S. Army lieutenant · 1942–1945

Appointments

  1. Iowa Southern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
    1978–1990 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment
  2. Iowa Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IowaChief Judge
    1978–2015 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Creighton University School of Law
    Creighton University School of Law
    LL.B. · 1948