Matthew P. Brookman

Matthew Paul Brookman (born 1968)[3] is an American lawyer from Indiana who serves as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the same court.

Matthew P. Brookman
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Assumed office
February 1, 2016
Preceded byWilliam G. Hussmann
Personal details
Born
Matthew Paul Brookman[1]

1968 (age 54–55)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[2]
EducationDePauw University (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (JD)

Education

Brookman earned a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from the Washington University School of Law in 1993.[4][5] Brookman also studied abroad at the University of Essex in Colchester, England.[6]

Career

Brookman began his legal career as an associate for Brown & James in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 1997, he was a state court prosecutor in Jefferson County, Missouri. From 1997 to 1999, he was an associate at the law firm Herzog, Crebs & McGhee. From 1999 to 2002, he was a special assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri and from 2002 to 2016, he was an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana.[4] Brookman served as the Chief of the office's Drug and Violent Crime unit and lead Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force attorney.[2] From 2008 to 2010, he was a part-time adjunct professor teaching an introduction to law course to undergraduate students at the University of Southern Indiana. From 2011 to 2015, he was a part-time adjunct professor teaching an introduction to constitutional law to undergraduate students at the University of Evansville.[3]

Notable cases

In 2010, Judge Brookman received the Director’s Award from United States Attorney General Eric Holder for his work on the United States v. Jarvis Brown. Brown was prosecuted for quadruple homicide.[7] [8]

United States Magistrate Judge service

Brookman was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on September 14, 2015, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge William G. Hussmann, who retired on January 31, 2016.[9] He assumed office on February 1, 2016.[6][10][11]

Nomination to District Court

On December 21, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Brookman to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.[4] On January 3, 2023, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Brookman to the seat to be vacated by Judge Richard L. Young, who will assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor.[12] On January 25, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[13] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References
  1. "Matthew Paul Brookman Profile". www.martindale.com. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. Jacoby, Jessica (December 22, 2022). "Southern Indiana Magistrate Judge Brookman nominated for District Judge". tristatehomepage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. "Questionaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  4. "President Biden Names Twenty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Odendahl, Marilyn. "Magistrate Judge Brookman to be nominated to Indiana Southern District Court". The Indiana Lawyer. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  6. "Magistrate Judge Matthew P. Brookman". www.insd.uscourts.gov. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  7. https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/38212-brookman-selected-as-us-magistrate-judge
  8. https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-jarvis-28
  9. "Matthew P. Brookman selected as United States Magistrate Judge" (Press release). United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana. September 14, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  10. "Matthew P. Brookman". United States Courts. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  11. "Matthew P. Brookman sworn in as Magistrate Judge". www.insd.uscourts.gov. February 1, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  12. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
  13. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 24, 2023.


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