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James Bredar's Biography

Contact Information

Office

101 West Lombard Street, Chambers 3D
Baltimore, MD 21201

Full Name:

James Kelleher Bredar

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Stacy; Children 3: Thomas, Daniel, Sophie

Birth Date:

1957

Birth Place:

Omaha, NE

Home City:

Baltimore, MD

Attended, Visiting Student, Yale Law School, 1981-1982

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1979-1982

BA, Harvard University, 1975-1979

No political experience information on file.

Member, United States Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction, 2007-present

Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2017-present

Former Park Ranger, National Park Service

Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2010-2017

United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1998-2010

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, April 21, 2010

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, December 16, 2010

Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland, 1992-1998

Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Colorado, 1989-1991, 1992

Director of the London Office, Vera Institute of Justice, 1991-1992

Assistant United States Attorney, District of Colorado, 1985-1989

Deputy District Attorney, Fourteenth Judicial District, Colorado, 1984-1985

Law Clerk, Honorable Richard P. Matsch, United States District Court, District of Colorado, 1983-1984

Law Clerk, Jacobs, Jacobs & Grudberg, 1981-1982

Legal Intern/Summer Associate, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, 1982

Law Clerk, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 1980-1981

Summer Associate, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, 1981

Trustee/Member, Audit Committee, Vera Institute of Justice, 2007-present

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Baltimore City Bar Association

Contributing Member, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Maryland

Member, Colorado Bar Association

Member, Denver Bar Association

Co-Chair, District of Columbia Federal Public Defender Selection/Reappointment Committee, Criminal Justice Act Committee for the District of Maryland

Governor, Federal Bar Association, Maryland Chapter

Member, Lawyers Round Table, present

Secretary, Lawyers' Round Table Law Club, Baltimore, Maryland

Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Member, Selection Committee, Criminal Justice Act Supervising Attorney for the District of Maryland

Member, Sergeants Inn Law Club, present

Member, Serjeants Inn Law Club, Baltimore, Maryland

Member, The Harvard Club of Maryland

Member, Tred Avon Yacht Club

Member, Tufton Springs Architectural Committee

Member, Catalina 320 International Association, 2004-2010

Member, Meadow Mill Athletic Club, 2004-2007

Member, Criminal Practice Working Group, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1995-1998

Volunteer Ski Patroller/Emergency Medical Technician, National Ski Patrol, 1976-1992, 1994-1998

Member, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990-1998

Federal Public/Community Defenders Representative and Spokesperson before the Committee on Criminal Law, Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1996-1997

Member, Denver Place Athletic Club, 1988-1992

Century Club Member, Downtown Denver Democratic Club, 1985-1992

Member/Member of Schools Committee, The Rocky Mountain Harvard Club, 1983-1992

Member, The International Athletic Club of Denver, 1985-1988

Board Member, Community Alternative Placement Services, 1984-1985

Member, The Sierra Club, 1980-1985

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