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James Kelleher Bredar
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Senior status since April 30, 2024.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- April 21, 2010
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 13, 2010
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 10, 2010
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 16, 2010
- Commissioned
- December 17, 2010
- Senior status
- Since April 30, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1957, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Richard P. Matsch, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1983-1984
- Deputy district attorney, Fourteenth Judicial District, Colorado, 1984-1985
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Colorado, 1985-1989
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Colorado, 1989-1991, 1992
- Director, London office, Vera Institute of Justice, 1991-1992
- Federal public defender, District of Maryland, 1992-1998
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