Brian Curtis Wimes

Personal

Birthday: 
1966
Birthplace: 
Kansas City, MO
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Attorney advisor, Litigation Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1994-1995
Assistant prosecutor, Jackson County, Missouri, 1995-2001
Drug court commissioner, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2001-2007
Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2007-2012

Education

Name of School: 
Longview Community College (now Metropolitan Community College)
Degree: 
A.A.
Degree Year: 
1987
Name of School - Second: 
University of Kansas
Degree - Second: 
B.G.S.
Degree Year - Second: 
1990
Name of School - Third: 

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

The mission of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law is to expand opportunities for the underserved in the legal profession; prepare a diverse group of students for leadership roles in the legal profession, business and government; and offer leadership in teaching, research and service with special emphasis on a historically black heritage and tradition.

Degree - Third: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Third: 
1994

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Court Name: 

Missouri Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Barack Obama
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
4/30/2012
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
Court Name - Second: 

Missouri Western District Court

Commission Date - Second: 
4/30/2012