James Bredar
| James Bredar | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #10 |
| Station: | Baltimore, MD |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 12/16/2010 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Frederick Motz |
| Past post: | District of Maryland, Magistrate Judge |
| Past term: | 1998 - 2010 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | February 6, 1957 |
| Home State: | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Bachelors: | Harvard University, B.A., 1979 |
| Law School: | Georgetown University, J.D., 1982 |
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James K. Bredar is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He was nominated to the court by President Obama on April 21, 2010 and confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2010. [1]
Early life and education
Judge Bredar was born on February 6, 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska. He is currently a resident of Reisterstown, Maryland. [2] Bredar received his B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1979 and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University in 1982.[3][4]
Professional career
Judge Bredar began his career in 1983 as a law clerk for a U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch of the District of Colorado. The following year, he worked as a Deputy District Attorney. From 1985 to 1989, he worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. He then worked as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Colorado until 1991, when he moved to Maryland and became a Federal Public Defender. He held this position until his appointment as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on January 26, 1998. He continued to serve as a magistrate until receiving confirmation to serve as an Article III federal judge on that same court. [4][5][3]
Judicial career
District of Maryland
Judge Bredar was recommended to President Obama for a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by Democratic Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin.[6] [7][8] Obama nominated Bredar for the seat vacated by Frederick Motz on April 21, 2010. [9]
Bredar was unanimously rated "Well Qualified" by the American Bar Association. [10]
Judiciary Committee hearing
Bredar had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2010.
Notable cases
See also
External links
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- Judge Bredar's Biography from Federal Judicial Center.
References
- ↑ Politco "Senate confirms judicial nominees", December 16, 2010
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun "Hollander, Bredar are Obama’s picks for U.S. district judges", April 21, 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bredar Biography from the District of Maryland
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maryland State Archives: James K. Bredar biography
- ↑ White House Press Release "President Obama Names Five to the United States District Court", April 21, 2010
- ↑ Judge Bredar's Biography from Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun "Md. senators propose 3 for district judgeships", December 12, 2009
- ↑ The Daily Record "Motz retirement to create a third opening on 10-member court", December 11, 2009
- ↑ White House Press Release "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4/21/10"
- ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Frederick Motz |
District of Maryland 2010–Current Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • Florence Pan • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Marisa Demeo • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • Maria Elizabeth Raffinan • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • Diana Saldaña • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Susan Hickey • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • Corinne Ann Beckwith • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • Jennifer Di Toro • Yvonne Williams • | ||
| Unconfirmed |
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