Matthew J. Fader

Matthew J. Fader (born 1973) is an American lawyer serving as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland since 2022. He previously served as the chief judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals from 2018 to 2022.

Early life and education Matthew J. Fader was born in 1973 in Towson, Maryland. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1995, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Fader received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1998, where he was senior editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Legal career

Fader began his legal career serving as a law clerk for judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1998 to 1999. His term began on November 1, 2017. his term as chief judge began on November 28, 2018. On February 17, 2022, Governor Hogan announced the appointment of Fader to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to the seat vacated by judge Joseph M. Getty when he reached mandatory retirement age on April 14, 2022. On March 7, 2022, a committee hearing was held on his nomination, and on March 9, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee. The Maryland Senate confirmed his nomination on March 15, 2022,