Education
Harvard College; Harvard University. Georgetown University Law Center.
Harvard College; Harvard University. Georgetown University Law Center.
He previously served for 12 years as a magistrate judge in the same district. Bredar served as the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland (1992–1998) and an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Colorado (1989–1992). He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (1985–1989) and a Deputy District Attorney in Moffat County, Colorado (1984–1985).
Following law school, Judge Bredar clerked for Judge Richard P. Matsch of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
He received his Juris Doctor in 1982 from the Georgetown University Law Center and his Bachelor of Arts in 1979 from Harvard College. From 1981 until 1982 he was a Visiting Student at the Yale Law School.
On April 21, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Bredar to become United States District Judge for the District of Maryland. His nomination was approved by the full Senate on December 16, 2010.
He received his commission on December 17, 2010 and was sworn in on December 22, 2010.