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