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.
As 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.
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.
[5] 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 the DOJ's Civil Division.
[8] Playing the role of attorney for Electra, in June 2019 in Washington, D.C. Brinkmann participated in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Oresteia mock trial, based on the Orestia trilogy by the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus.