Jonathan Biran

Jonathan Biran is an American lawyer from Maryland who is Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.

Jonathan Biran
Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
Assumed office
December 16, 2019
Appointed byLarry Hogan
Preceded byClayton Greene Jr.
Personal details
EducationSwarthmore College (B.A.)
Stanford Law School (J.D.)

Education

Biran received his Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College and his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School.[1]

He served as a law clerk for Judge David F. Levi of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. From 1994–1995, he was an Associate with Skadden Arps. From 2000–2006, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and he also served as an Assistant United States from 2006–2013 under Rod Rosenstein in the District of Maryland working on fraud and public corruption matters, he served Chief of the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office from 2010–2013. From 2013–2017, he was a Partner with Biran Kelly.[2] Prior to his appointment to the court in 2019, he was a partner with Baker Donelson where he practiced both criminal defense and appellate law.[1][3]

Appointment to Maryland Court of Appeals

In September 2019, it was reported that Biran was one of ten lawyers who applied for a vacant seat on the Maryland Court of Appeals left by the retirement of Clayton Greene Jr..[4] On December 9, 2019, Governor Larry Hogan announced his appointment of Biran to be a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.[1] He was sworn into office on December 16, 2019.

Personal life

Jonathan and his wife, Sarah, married on May 27, 2001. The wedding was officiated by Judge David F. Levi.[5]

References
  1. "Governor Hogan Announces Three Judicial Appointments". Governor of Maryland. December 9, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. Haber, Gary (February 15, 2013). "Two federal prosecutors start own Baltimore firm". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. "Jonathan Biran, Maryland Court of Appeals Judge". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  4. Wood, Pamela (September 17, 2019). "10 lawyers and judges apply for one spot on Maryland's highest court". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  5. "WEDDINGS; Sarah Kopp, Jonathan Biran". The New York Times. May 27, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Clayton Greene Jr.		 Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
2019–present		 Incumbent


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