O'Connell, Beverly Reid, 1965-2017

Beverly Reid O'Connell (May 12, 1965 – October 8, 2017) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On November 14, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated O'Connell to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to the seat vacated by Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank who took senior status due to a certified disability on March 1, 2012. She received her commission on April 30, 2013. O’Connell died on October 8, 2017, at the age of 52, three weeks after collapsing and going into a coma possibly caused by a brain aneurysm while delivering a speech to the State Bar of California.