Audrey B. Collins

Audrey Brodie Collins (born June 12, 1945) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of California since 2014. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2014. Education and career Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Collins received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1967, a Master of Arts from American University in 1969, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1977. Teaching career Audrey taught at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. from January to June 1969. She was a substitute teacher for the Vigo County School District in Indiana from September 1969 to June 1970. She served as the Assistant Director of the Manual High School-University of Northern Colorado Model Cities Project in Denver from September 1970 to September 1971. She was a substitute teacher for John Adams Junior High School (now John Adams Middle School) which is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California from May to June 1972. She served as the Director of the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund from September 1972 to August 1974.