Eastern District of California (Sacramento)
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. magistrate judge, Eastern District of California, August 21, 2006; U.S. attorney's office, chief of the civil division, 2005-2006; chief of civil defense litigation, 1997-2005; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney's office, Sacramento, 1988-1994; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Edward J. Garcia, 1984-88
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law, 1979
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. magistrate judge, Eastern District of California, August 21, 2006; U.S. attorney's office, chief of the civil division, 2005-2006; chief of civil defense litigation, 1997-2005; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney's office, Sacramento, 1988-1994; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Edward J. Garcia, 1984-88
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law, 1979
SACRAMENTO -- U.S. Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan has always been able to negotiate agreements, even as a teenager.
In high school, taking a business law class and a speech class at the same time, Brennan convinced his teachers to allow him to present a single project combining material from both courses.
"It was a really fun exercise and I got good grades on both projects in both... (continued)
