Beth S. Brinkmann (born September 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice , heading up the appellate staff in the DOJ's Civil Division during the administration of President Barack Obama . She also served as Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States from 1993 through 2001. Brinkmann has argued 25 cases before the United States Supreme Court both in that role and in her later role as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the firm Morrison & Foerster . Currently, Brinkmann is a partner at the Covington & Burling law firm in Washington, D.C.
10-1345: (Redirected from Brinkmann ) For other uses, see Brinkman (disambiguation) . Brinkman , Brinkmann , Brinckman , and Brinckmann are variations of a German and Dutch surname. It is toponymic surname with the same meaning as the surname Van den Brink : "(man) from the village green". Notable people with these surnames include: Brinkman [ edit ] Baba Brinkman (born 1978), Canadian rapper and playwright Bert Brinkman (born 1968), Dutch water polo player Bryan Brinkman (fl. 2009), American cartoon animator Carl Gustaf von Brinkman (1764–1847), Swedish-German classicist poet, writer and diplomat Charles Brinkman (1928–2003), American figure skater Cookie Brinkman (1949–2019), American football player Chuck Brinkman (born 1944), American baseball player Curt Brinkman (1953–2010), American wheelchair racer Ed Brinkman (1941–2008), American baseball player Elco Brinkman (born 1948), Dutch politician Erna Brinkman (born 1972), Dutch volleyball player Fiona Brinkman (born 1967), Australian-born Canadian bioinformatician Fred Brinkman (1892–1961), American architect George Brinkman (born 1972), American spree killer Henri Brinkman (1908–1961), Dutch mathematician and physicist, namesake of
20-563: A partner at Morrison & Foerster and the chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group, Brinkmann continued to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. "Every time you go up there, it is amazing, and an honor and privilege being there. You also feel very patriotic—at least I do," Brinkmann told the National Journal in 2002. In a November 20, 2007 article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Brinkmann told
30-479: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Brinkman (disambiguation) Brinkman is a surname. Brinkman may also refer to: Beth Brinkmann Brinkmann graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1980 with a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley , and earned her J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1985. She served as a law clerk to Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch of
40-1753: The Brinkman number Henry W. Brinkman (1881–1949), American architect Hero Brinkman (born 1964), Dutch politician Jacques Brinkman (born 1966), Dutch field hockey player Joe Brinkman (born 1944), American baseball umpire Johannes Brinkman (1902–1949), Dutch architect Kiara Brinkman (born 1979), American author Lloyd Donald Brinkman (1929–2015), American businessman, cattle breeder, civic leader, and art collector Mary A. Brinkman (1846-1932, American homeopathic physician Mat Brinkman (born 1973), American artist and musician Michiel Brinkman (1873–1925) Dutch architect Steven Brinkman (born 1979), Canadian volleyball player Tim Brinkman (born 1997), Dutch footballer Tom Brinkman (born 1957), American (Ohio) politician Brinckman [ edit ] The Brinckman baronets Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet (1798–1880), British MP for Yarmouth Sir Theodore Brinckman, 2nd Baronet (1830–1905), his son, British Liberal MP for Canterbury Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet (1898–1954), British cricketer Brinkmann [ edit ] Ansgar Brinkmann (born 1969), German footballer Bernd Brinkmann (born 1939), German forensic pathologist Bernhard Brinkmann (1952–2022), German politician Beth Brinkmann (born 1958), American lawyer Carl Brinkmann (1885–1954), German sociologist and economist Christiane Brinkmann (born 1962), German athlete Daniel Brinkmann (born 1986), German footballer Dennis Brinkmann (born 1978), German football defender and coach Dirk Brinkmann (born 1964), German field hockey player Gunnar Brinkmann, discoverer of
50-1971: The Brinkmann graph Hanne Brinkmann (1895–1984), German actress Hans Brinkmann, discoverer of Brinkmann coordinates Helmuth Brinkmann (1895–1983), German navy vice-admiral Patrik Brinkmann (born 1966), Swedish-German businessman and right-wing politician Philipp Brinkmann , German-Greek entrepreneur Rainer Brinkmann (admiral) (born 1958), German Navy admiral Rainer Brinkmann (politician) (born 1958), German SPD politician Reinhold Brinkmann (1934–2010), German musicologist Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975), German lyricist and storyteller Ron Brinkmann (born 1964), American (?) visual effects supervisor Rudolf Brinkmann (Secretary of State) (1893–1973), German economist Ruth Brinkmann (1937–1997), American-born Austrian stage actress Svend Brinkmann (born 1975), Danish psychologist Thomas Brinkmann (born 1959), German musician, also known as Ester Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann (field hockey) (born 1968), German field hockey player Till Brinkmann (born 1995), German footballer Vinzenz Brinkmann (born 1958), German classical archaeologist Werner Brinkmann (born 1946), German jurist and chief executive Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), German field handball player William J. Brinkmann (1874–1911), American architect Woldemar Brinkmann (1890–1959), German architect and interior designer Wolfgang Brinkmann (born 1950), German equestrian Brinckmann [ edit ] Alfred Brinckmann (1891–1967), German chess master Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), Danish-German painter and lithographer Justus Brinckmann (1843–1915), German museum director Karl Gustav von Brinckmann (1764–1847), Swedish-German poet, writer and diplomat Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann (1709–1761), German painter and engraver References [ edit ] ^ Brinkman at
60-705: The Database of Surnames in The Netherlands [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Brinkman . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brinkman&oldid=1228509156 " Categories : Surnames Dutch-language surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
70-556: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit . Brinkmann then served as a law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 to 1987. Brinkmann then worked for four years as an associate with the small San Francisco litigation firm of Turner & Brorby , after which she served as an assistant federal public defender from 1991 through 1993 in Washington, D.C. Brinkmann became assistant to
80-663: The U.S. Solicitor General in December 1993. She argued her first case before the Supreme Court on March 23, 1994. Brinkmann was the tenth woman hired as an assistant to the Solicitor General, with five more women hired during her eight years in that office. She is one of 726 women who have argued before the Supreme Court, from the first in 1880 through 2016. After leaving the Solicitor General's office, Brinkmann joined Morrison & Foerster in early 2002. As
90-581: The DOJ's Civil Division. After Obama left office, Brinkmann joined the law firm of Covington & Burling. In the March 12, 2008, issue of The New Republic , writer Jeffrey Rosen floated Brinkmann's name as a future federal appeals-court judge or Supreme Court justice, likening her to Chief Justice John Roberts by suggesting her as a possible "Democratic female John Roberts". Rosen also characterized Brinkmann as "moderate, pragmatic and pro-business". Playing
100-640: The paper that she had argued 22 cases before the Supreme Court in her career. Eighteen of those times were as a staff lawyer in the Solicitor General's office, Brinkmann told ABA Journal in an article that ran in the magazine's March 2005 issue. On April 3, 2009, Brinkmann was tapped to join the United States Department of Justice as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General heading up the Appellate staff in
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