Philip Andrew Brimmer (born March 15, 1959) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He is the son of Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr., a former federal judge in Wyoming.
Philip A. Brimmer
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Born 1959 in Rawlins, WY
FJC ID: 3191
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 26/year
Colorado District Court · 2008–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
District of ColoradoAssistant U.S. attorney · 2001–2008- ↳chief, Major Crimes Section · 2006
- ↳chief, Special Prosecutions Section · 2006–2008
- Denver, ColoradoDeputy district attorney · 1994–2001
- ↳chief deputy district attorney · 2001
- Private practice, Colorado1987–1994
Law clerk , Hon. Zita L. Weinshienk · 1985–1987
Appointments
- 2008–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1985- Harvard CollegeA.B. · 1981