Jeffrey Bryan

Jeffrey Marc Bryan (born April 16, 1976) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 2023 as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. From 2019 to 2023, he served as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and from 2013 to 2019 as a judge of the District Court of Minnesota.

Early life and education

Bryan was born on April 16, 1976, in Fayetteville, North Carolina,

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. From 2003 to 2007, he was a civil litigation attorney for Robins Kaplan LLP in Minneapolis, 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, where he prosecuted financial fraud and drug-trafficking conspiracies. He assumed office on August 20, 2013, and was elected in 2014. 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. He filled the vacancy left by Heidi Schellhas. He served in an at-large capacity. On July 27, President Joe Biden nominated Bryan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. 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. On September 6, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On September 28, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–8 vote. On November 27, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 47–42 vote. On November 28, his nomination was confirmed by a 49–46 vote. He received his judicial commission on November 30 and was sworn in on December 1. He is the first Latino federal judge in Minnesota. 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.

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. 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 and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.