Broomes graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science with high honors in petroleum engineering.

[5] On April 12, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 74–24 vote.

[8] On August 21, 2024, Judge Broomes, citing New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, threw out charges against a Kansas man for illegal machine gun possession as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

[9] On November 1, 2024, Judge Broomes held that Lyft, Inc. could be sued under a products liability theory by a ridehsare customer who was sexually assaulted.

Aug. 15, 2024), writing "Although finding that the Uber app was not a tangible product under the Restatement, Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California ruled that the design and distribution of the Uber app was “sufficiently analogous to the distribution and use of tangible personal property that it is appropriate to apply the rules of strict liability.” Doe v. Lyft, Inc., No.