[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Brendan Abell Hurson

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Judge Brendan Hurson to the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Maryland.
  Born in Washington, DC, Judge Hurson received his B.A. from 
Providence College and his J.D. from the University of Maryland Carey 
School of Law. After clerking for Judge Margaret B. Seymour of the U.S. 
District Court for the District of South Carolina, Judge Hurson began 
his legal career at Schulman, Hershfield, and Gilden, PA as an 
associate, where he worked on a variety of civil and criminal 
litigation matters on behalf of individuals, small businesses, and 
small to mid-size corporations. He then went on to work as an assistant 
Federal public defender in both Maryland and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
where he appeared in court routinely, litigated substantive motions in 
close to 40 Federal cases, and tried 18 cases to verdict. In February 
2022, Judge Hurson was appointed to serve as a U.S. magistrate judge 
for the same district to which he is nominated. In his time on the 
bench, he has written approximately 77 opinions.
  The American Bar Association unanimously rated Judge Hurson ``well 
qualified'' to serve on the district court, and he has the strong 
support of Senators Cardin and Van Hollen.
  Judge Hurson's deep ties to the Maryland legal community, combined 
with his significant courtroom experience, make him an excellent 
addition to the Federal bench.
  I thank my colleagues for supporting his nomination.