James K. Bredar

James Bredar

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Incumbent
Assumed office December 17, 2010
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Frederick Motz
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office 1998 – December 17, 2010
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 58–59) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University Georgetown University

James Kelleher Bredar (born 1957) serves as a United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, a position he has held since 2010. He previously served for 12 years as a magistrate judge in the same district.

Early life and education

Bredar served as the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland (1992–1998) and an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Colorado (1989–1992). He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (1985–1989) and a Deputy District Attorney in Moffat County, Colorado (1984–1985). Following law school, Judge Bredar clerked for Judge Richard P. Matsch of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He received his J.D. in 1982 from the Georgetown University Law Center and his A.B. in 1979 from Harvard College. From 1981 until 1982 he was a Visiting Student at the Yale Law School.

Federal judicial service

On April 21, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Bredar to become United States District Judge for the District of Maryland.^[1] His nomination was approved by the full Senate on December 16, 2010.^[2] He received his commission on December 17, 2010 and was sworn in on December 22, 2010.

References

External links

James K. Bredar at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Frederick Motz	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland 2010–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Maryland	Blake Bennett Bredar Hollander Russell Grimm Chuang Hazel Xinis 1 seat vacant

E. North Carolina	Dever Boyle Flanagan 1 seat vacant

M. North Carolina	Osteen Schroeder Eagles Biggs

W. North Carolina	Whitney Voorhees Conrad Reidinger Cogburn

South Carolina	Wooten Norton Harwell Gergel Childs Cain Lewis Hendricks 2 seats vacant

E. Virginia	Smith Brinkema Jackson Lee Hudson O'Grady Davis Trenga Gibney Allen Lauck

W. Virginia	Conrad Jones Urbanski Dillon

N. West Virginia	Groh Bailey Keeley

S. West Virginia	Chambers Copenhaver Goodwin Johnston Berger

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