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Michael Brian Brennan
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 8, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 24, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 15, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 46
- Confirmed
- May 10, 2018
- Commissioned
- May 11, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1963, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert W. Warren, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1989-1991
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1991-1995, 2008-2018
- Law clerk, Hon. Daniel A. Manion, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1995-1997
- Assistant district attorney, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 1997-1999
- Staff counsel, Wisconsin Criminal Penalties Committee, 1998-1999
- Wisconsin Governor's Task Force to Enhance Probation, 1999-2000; staff counsel, 1999-2000; member, 2000
- Judge, Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, 2000-2008
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2025-present
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