Leonie Milhomme Brinkema

Background

Brinkema, Leonie Milhomme Daughter of Alexander Juste and Modeste Leonie Milhomme.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Douglass College, 1966; Master of Library Science, Rutgers University, 1970; Juris Doctor with honors, Cornell Univercity, 1976.

Career

Trial attorney, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1976-1977; trial attorney, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1983-1984; assistant United State Attorneys, United States Atty' General’ s Office Eastern Virginia, Alexandria, 1977-1983; principal, Leonie M. Brinkema Attorney, Alexandria, 1984-1985; United States magistrate judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Virginia, Alexandria, 1985-1993; United States district judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Virginia, Alexandria, since 1993. Legal lecturer Virginia State Bar Professionalism Faculty, 1990-1992, Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy, 1984-1985. Guest lecturer Alexandria Bar Association, Alexandria Women Attorneys Association, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, unites states department Justice Advocacy Institute, Virginia Law Foundation.

Achievements

• Leonie Milhomme Brinkema has been listed as a reputable Federal judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Fairfax Choral Society, Alban Chorale. Member American Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, District of Columbia Bar, National Association Women Judges, Virginia WomenAttys. Association, George Mason Inn of Court (master), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocation: singing.

Connections

Married John Robert Brinkema, December 22, 1966. Children: Robert Aaron, Eugenie Alexandra.

Father:

Alexander Juste

Mother:

Modeste Leonie Milhomme

Spouse:

John Robert Brinkema

child:

Eugenie Alexandra Brinkema

child:

Robert Aaron Brinkema