Brendan Abell Hurson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Born 1977.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Mar 21, 2023
- Senate vote
- 53 to 44
- Confirmed
- Oct 4, 2023
- Commissioned
- Oct 6, 2023
Other federal judicial service
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2022-2023
Education
- B.A., Providence College, 2000
- J.D., University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law), 2005
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
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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