- Home
- Federal judges
- Donald Eugene O'Brien
Donald Eugene O'Brien
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Donald Eugene O'Brien served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Appointed by Jimmy Carter and confirmed Oct 4, 1978. ABA rating: Not Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Confirmed
- Oct 4, 1978
- ABA rating
- Not Qualified
- Born
- 1923
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of IowaJimmy Carter · Oct 4, 1978 – Dec 1, 1990
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IowaJimmy Carter · Oct 4, 1978 – Aug 18, 2015
Education
- Creighton University School of LawLL.B., 1948
Career
U.S. Army lieutenant, Air Corps, 1942-1945; Private practice, Sioux City, Iowa, 1948-1949, 1967-1978; Assistant city attorney, Sioux City, Iowa, 1949-1953; County attorney, Woodbury County, Iowa, 1955-1958; Judge, Sioux City [Iowa] Municipal Court, 1959-1960; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1961-1967; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1991-1997
More
From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “Judge Donald Eugene O'Brien, District Court for the Northern…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1385866/donald-eugene-obrien (accessed 2026-10-13).