Matthew J. Maddox

Matthew James Maddox (born 1977)[1] is an American lawyer from Maryland who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland since 2022. He is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the same court.

Matthew J. Maddox
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Assumed office
February 22, 2022
Preceded byThomas M. DiGirolamo
Personal details
Born
Matthew James Maddox

1977 (age 45–46)
Rossville, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.
EducationMorgan State University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Education

Maddox received a Bachelor of Arts from Morgan State University, summa cum laude, in 1999 where he majored in philosophy and religious studies and minored in psychology.[2] He was a Fulbright Scholar and taught high school through the Teach for America program.[3][4] Maddox received a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2011.[5]

Career

From 2011 to 2012, he served as a law clerk for Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and from 2014 to 2015, he served as a law clerk for Judge Andre M. Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[6] From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a litigation associate at Holland & Knight LLP. From 2015 to 2022, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.[5] Maddox was named the identity theft coordinator in 2018 and deputy chief of the Major Crimes section in 2020.[2][7]

On February 22, 2022, he was appointed as a United States magistrate judge to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Thomas M. DiGirolamo.[3]

Nomination to district court

On March 20, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Maddox to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. On March 21, 2023, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Maddox to the seat vacated by Judge Paul W. Grimm, who assumed senior status on December 11, 2022.[8] On July 12, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] During his confirmation hearing, Senator Mike Lee questioned Maddox about his past membership with both ACORN and the American Constitution Society.[10] On September 14, 2023, his nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 13–8 vote.[11] His nomination is pending before the United States Senate.

See also

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  2. "United States Attorney Announces the Appointment of Assistant United States Attorney Matthew J. Maddox to Serve as a Federal Magistrate Judge in Maryland". www.justice.gov. February 18, 2022. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. "Appointment of Matthew J. Maddox as United States Magistrate Judge" (Press release). United States District Court for the District of Maryland. February 18, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. "Biden nominates 2 Baltimore men, including another former public defender, to Maryland federal court". MSN. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  5. "President Biden Names Thirty-First Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorney" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. Desk, City (March 21, 2023). "COURT NEWS: Biden appoints Matthew J. Maddox and Brendan Hurson as Federal Judges in District of Maryland". Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  7. "Matthew J. Maddox, Magistrate Judge | District of Maryland | United States District Court". www.mdd.uscourts.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. March 21, 2023.
  9. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 10, 2023. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  10. Kutner, Brad (July 12, 2023). "In Year's Most Bipartisan Senate Judiciary Nominations Hearing, 4 Hopefuls Advance". law.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  11. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 14, 2023.


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