Colleen O'Brien

{{Short description|American judge}}

{{no footnotes|date=January 2015}}

Colleen O'Brien is an Oakland County Circuit judge who ran with the Republican endorsement for the Michigan Supreme Court in 2012. She lost in the general election.

O'Brien has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Detroit College of Law. She became a judge of the 6th Circuit, that covers Oakland County, in 1998.

After Diane Hathaway resigned from the Michigan Supreme Court amid fraud charges O'Brien was seen as a strong candidate to replace her. The appointment eventually went to David Viviano of Macomb County.

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20151010104614/https://www.oakgov.com/courts/circuit/Pages/judges/obrien-colleen-pro.aspx Oakland Circuit page on O'Brien]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20151010044454/https://www.oakgov.com/courts/circuit/Pages/judges/obrien-colleen.aspx Sixth Circuit page on O'Brien]
  • [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130108/NEWS15/301080075/Oakland-County-Circuit-Judge-Colleen-O-Brien-seen-as-front-runner-to-replace-Michigan-Supreme-Court-Justice-Diane-Hathaway Free Press article on O'Brien]

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Colleen}}

Category:Living people

Category:University of Michigan alumni

Category:Detroit College of Law alumni

Category:Michigan state court judges

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century American women judges

Category:21st-century American judges