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Hurson, Brendan Abell
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on March 21, 2023, to a seat vacated by George Jarrod Hazel. Confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 2023, and received commission on October 6, 2023.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2022-2023
Education:
Providence College, B.A., 2000
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law), J.D., 2005
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Margaret B. Seymour, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 2005-2006
Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006-2007
Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland, 2007-2017, 2018-2022; assistant federal public defender, 2007-2014, 2018; senior litigation counsel, 2015-2017, 2019-2022
Adjunct professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2011-2016
Assistant federal public defender, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2017-2018