During a private ceremony held this morning, Brendan Abell Hurson was sworn in as a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland.  Judge Hurson previously served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of Maryland since February 2022.  Prior to his appointment as a United States Magistrate Judge, Judge Hurson worked in private practice and served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 15 years in both in the District of Maryland and the District of the Virgin Islands.  Judge Hurson received his undergraduate degree from Providence College and his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.  Following law school, Judge Hurson clerked for the Honorable Margaret B. Seymour of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

The President nominated Judge Hurson on March 21, 2023, to fill the vacancy created when the Honorable George J. Hazel resigned as a United States District Judge.  The Senate confirmed Judge Hurson’s nomination on October 4, 2023, and President Biden signed his commission on October 6, 2023.  Judge Hurson will be assigned to the United States Courthouse in Baltimore.