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Jeffrey Bryan
Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
Assumed office
November 25, 2019
Appointed byTim Walz
Preceded byHeidi Schellhas
Judge of the Second Judicial District of Minnesota
In office
July 11, 2013 – November 25, 2019
Appointed byMark Dayton
Preceded byJ. Thomas Mott
Succeeded byDavid Brown
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Marc Bryan[1]

(1976-04-16) April 16, 1976 (age 48)[2]
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.[3][4]
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Jeffrey Marc Bryan (born April 16, 1976)[2] is an American lawyer from Minnesota who has served as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals since 2019. He is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Early life and education

Bryan was born on April 16, 1976, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[3][2] His family is of Mexican descent. His mother was a high school English teacher and inspired Bryan to pursue a career in law after she read him the book To Kill a Mockingbird.[4] Bryan earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2002.[5]

Career

Bryan was a law clerk for Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota from 2002 to 2003. He was a civil litigation attorney for Robins Kaplan LLP in Minneapolis from 2003 to 2007, where he developed a litigation practice emphasizing antitrust law and intellectual property disputes. From 2007 to 2013, he served as an assistant United States attorney for the United States Attorney's Office from 2007 to 2013, where he prosecuted financial fraud and drug-trafficking conspiracies.[5]

State district court

On July 11, 2013, he was appointed as a trial court judge in the Ramsey County District Court by Governor Mark Dayton to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of J. Thomas Mott.[6] He was subsequently elected in 2014.[7] He co-chaired the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative during his time on the trial court. In 2018 and 2020, Bryan was among four finalists for vacancies on the Minnesota Supreme Court.[4]

Minnesota Court of Appeals

On October 9, 2019, Governor Tim Walz announced the appointment of Bryan to be a Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.[8][dead link] He filled the vacancy left by Heidi Schellhas. He serves in an at-large capacity.[5]

Nomination to federal district court

On June 23, 2023, Bryan was mentioned as a potential nominee being vetted by the FBI for a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.[4] On July 27, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Bryan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.[9] President Biden nominated Bryan to the seat being vacated by Judge John R. Tunheim, who announced his intent to assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor.[10] On September 6, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[11] On September 28, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–8 vote.[12] His nomination is pending before the United States Senate. If confirmed, he would become the first Latino federal judge in Minnesota.[4]

On November 15, 2023, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed for cloture on Bryan's nomination.[13]

Personal life

Bryan married Liz Kramer on November 16, 2002, after meeting each other at Yale University.[14] As of 2023, Kramer served as Solicitor General in Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's office. Kramer is co-founder of the appeals self-help clinic at the Minnesota Judicial Center and in 2016 was named Minnesota Lawyer's Attorney of the Year.[4]

As of 2013, Bryan was a member of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association. He previously served on the Macalester-Groveland Community Council and chaired the Minnesota Minority Recruiting Conference Committee for Twin Cities Diversity in Practice.[6] He also serves on the Minnesota Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, the Minnesota Supreme Court Rules of Evidence Advisory Committee, and on the board of various community organizations, including the Minnesota Urban Debate League, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.[5][dead link]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.martindale.com/attorney/jeffrey-marc-bryan-2975035/
  2. ^ a b c "Judge Jeffrey Bryan – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota". Vetting Room. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Furst, Randy (June 23, 2023). "Judge Jeffrey Bryan is expected to become the first Latino on the federal bench in Minnesota".
  5. ^ a b c d "Governor Walz Appoints the Honorable Jeffrey Bryan and Susan Segal to Fill Vacancies on the Minnesota Court of Appeals" (Press release). Office of the Governor. October 9, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Jeffrey M. Bryan Appointed to Fill Second Judicial District Vacancy" (Press release). July 11, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "mn.gov/law-library".
  8. ^ "Minneapolis city attorney, district judge appointed to fill vacancies on Minnesota Court of Appeals". KSTP. October 8, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "President Biden Names Thirty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  10. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 27, 2023.
  11. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 5, 2023.
  12. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 28, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  13. ^ https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1725017029604778308
  14. ^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Elizabeth Kramer, Jeffrey Bryan". The New York Times. November 17, 2002.

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Preceded by
Heidi Schellhas
 Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
2019–present 		Incumbent
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