Beverly Reid O'Connell

Beverly Reid O'Connell (May 12, 1965 – October 8, 2017) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Beverly Reid O'Connell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office April 30, 2013 – October 8, 2017
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Valerie Baker Fairbank
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	Beverly Ann Reid May 12, 1965 Ventura, California
Died	October 8, 2017 (aged 52)
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.) Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D.)

Biography

O'Connell was born Beverly Ann Reid on May 12, 1965, in Ventura, California.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 from the University of California at Los Angeles. She received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1990 from Pepperdine University School of Law. From 1990 to 1995, she worked at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, where she handled a variety of civil litigation matters. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 1995 to 2005. She served as a Superior Court Judge for Los Angeles County from 2005 to 2013. For five months in 2010 and 2011, she sat by designation on the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, Division 8. She also served as Assistant Supervising Judge with the North Valley District of the Superior Court.[2][3][4]

Federal judicial service

On November 14, 2012, President Obama nominated O'Connell to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank who took senior status due to a certified disability on March 1, 2012.[2] On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.[5] On April 15, 2013, the full U.S. Senate approved the nomination by a 92–0 vote.[6] She received her commission on April 30, 2013.[4]

O’Connell died on October 8, 2017, at the age of 52, three weeks after collapsing and going into a coma possibly caused by a brain aneurysm while delivering a speech to the State Bar of California.[7]

References

1. O'Connell, Beverly Reid, Federal Judicial Center.
2. President Obama Nominates Seven to the United States District Courts, White House Office of the Press Secretary (November 14, 2012).
3. "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
4. "O'Connell, Beverly Reid – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
5. "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships". 3 January 2013.
6. "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 1st Session". www.senate.gov.
7. Passing of the Honorable Beverly Reid O'Connell, United States District Court for the Central District of California.

External links

• Beverly Reid O'Connell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Beverly Reid O'Connell at Ballotpedia