Bridget M. Brennan
Bridget Meehan Brennan (born 1974) is an American lawyer and judge from Ohio who serves as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She served as acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2021 to 2022. Education. Brennan received her Bachelor of Arts from John Carroll University in 1997 and her Juris Doctor from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2000. Legal career. Brennan was previously an associate at BakerHostetler in Cleveland from 2000 to 2007. She has served in  the U.S. Attorney's office since 2007, including First Assistant United States Attorney from 2018 to 2021, Chief of the Criminal Division from 2017 to 2018, Chief of the Civil Rights unit from 2015 to 2017, and ethics advisor from 2013 to 2018. From January 2021 to February 2022, she served as the Acting United States Attorney, and in turn chief federal law enforcement officer for the Northern District of Ohio. Federal judicial service. On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Brennan to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern  District of Ohio. President Biden nominated Brennan to the seat vacated by Judge Dan A. Polster, who took senior status on January 31, 2021. On November 17, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On December 16, 2021, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by a vote 16-6. On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate; she was renominated the same day. On January 13, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote. On  January 31, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture by a 61–30 vote. On February 1, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in a 61-35 vote. She received her judicial commission on February 8, 2022.