The President is announcing his intent to nominate four individuals to federal district courts and two individuals to the District of Columbia Superior Court all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution.
These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds.
This will be President Biden’s thirty-first round of nominees for federal judicial positions, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 161.
The President is also announcing his intent to nominate two individuals to serve as U.S. Attorneys. These are officials who will be indispensable to upholding the rule of law as top federal law enforcement officials.
These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experience and credentials, their dedication to pursuing equal justice for all, and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice.
The President has now announced 70 nominees to serve as U.S. Attorneys.
United States District Court Announcements
- Jeremy C. Daniel: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Jeremy C. Daniel has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois since 2014. Mr. Daniel was previously an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, Illinois from 2007 to 2013. He served as a law clerk for Judge Virginia M. Kendall on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 2013 to 2014. Mr. Daniel received his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2007 and his B.S. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2000. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
- Judge Brendan Abell Hurson: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Judge Brendan Abell Hurson has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland since 2022. Previously, Judge Hurson served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender and Senior Litigation Counsel in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland from 2007 to 2017 and again from 2018 to 2022. He also served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Virgin Islands from 2017 to 2018 and worked as an associate at Schulman, Hershfield, and Gilden, P.A. in Baltimore, Maryland from 2006 to 2007. From 2005 to 2006, Judge Hurson served as a law clerk for Judge Margaret B. Seymour on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He received his J.D., with honors, from University of Maryland School of Law in 2005 and his B.A. from Providence College, cum laude, in 2000.
- Judge Matthew J. Maddox: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Matthew J. Maddox has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland since 2022. Previously, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland from 2015 to 2022. From 2012 to 2014, Judge Maddox worked as a litigation associate at Holland & Knight LLP. He served as a law clerk for Judge Andre M. Davis on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2014 to 2015 and for Judge Gerald Bruce Lee on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2011 to 2012. Judge Maddox received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2011 and his B.A. from Morgan State University in 1999.
- Darrel James Papillion: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Darrel James Papillion has been a partner at Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, LLC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 2009. He was previously a partner at Moore, Walters, Thompson, Thomas, Papillion & Cullens, A.P.L.C. from 2001 to 2009. From 1999 to 2001, he was an associate at Moore, Walters & Thompson, A.P.L.C. and from 1995 to 1999, he was an associate at McGlinchey Stafford A.P.L.C. Mr. Papillion served as a law clerk for Associate Justice Catherine D. Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1994 to 1995. He received his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1994 and his B.A. from Louisiana State University and A&M College in 1990.
District of Columbia Superior Court Announcements
- Judge Tanya Jones Bosier: Nominee for the District of Columbia Superior Court
Judge Tanya Jones Bosier has served as a Magistrate Judge on the District of Columbia Superior Court since 2017. Previously, Judge Jones Bosier served as Assistant General Counsel for the District of Columbia Courts from 2015 to 2017 and as an Assistant General Counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Human Services from 2014 to 2015. Prior to that, Judge Jones Bosier served as an Assistant Attorney General in the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General from 2001 to 2014. She served as a law clerk for Judge Zoe A. Bush of the District of Columbia Superior Court from 2000 to 2001. Judge Jones Bosier received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law in 2000 and her B.A. from Syracuse University, cum laude, in 1995.
- Danny Lam Nguyen: Nominee for the District of Columbia Superior Court
Danny Lam Nguyen is an Associate General Counsel at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he has worked since 2021. Previously, he served as a Trial Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2018 to 2021. Mr. Nguyen also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia from 2013 to 2018, and he was detailed to serve in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Nguyen was an associate, senior associate, and counsel at WilmerHale from 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2013. Mr. Nguyen served as a law clerk for Judge Reggie B. Walton on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from 2009 to 2011. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2006, his M.Ed. from University of California, Los Angeles in 2003, and his B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles in 2001.
United States Attorney Announcements
- Tara McGrath: Nominee for United States Attorney for the Southern District of California
Tara McGrath served as the civilian Litigation Attorney Advisor for the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific region from 2019 to 2022. Previously, Ms. McGrath served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California from 2008 to 2019, where she was Principal Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section in 2015, and a Deputy Chief in the General Crimes Section from 2012 to 2014. She was also detailed to serve as a Trial Attorney in the Office of Enforcement Operations of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 2015 to 2018. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. McGrath served as a judge advocate while on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005 and worked for the Coastal Conservation League from 2005 to 2007. She received her J.D. from University of Michigan Law School in 2001 and her B.A. from Boston College, cum laude, in 1995.
- Eric G. Olshan: Nominee for United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Eric G. Olshan has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2017. He is currently the Chief of the Economic/Cyber/National Security Crimes Section. From 2007 to 2017, Mr. Olshan served in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., first as a Trial Attorney from 2007 to 2013 and then as Deputy Chief from 2013 to 2017. Mr. Olshan entered the Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. He served as a clerk for Judge Richard C. Tallman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2006 to 2007. Mr. Olshan received his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2006 and his B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003.
