--- title: "Matthew James Maddox | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-james-maddox" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Matthew James Maddox U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland - State: Maryland - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - On March 21, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated him to serve as a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, to fill the seat vacated by Judge Paul W. Grimm - Appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland on February 7, 2022, filling the vacancy left by Judge Thomas M. DiGirolamo - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, 2015-2022; deputy chief, Major Crimes Section, 2020-2022 - In 2015, he joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland as an Assistant United States Attorney, prosecuting a range of criminal cases and providing law enforcement training on human trafficking and identity theft - Law clerk, Hon. Andre M. Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2014-2015 - After law school, Maddox held the role of a law clerk for Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2011–2012) and later for Judge André M. Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2014–2015). - Between these clerkships, he served as a litigation associate at Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C. (2012–2014) - His trajectory reflects extensive experience in both litigation and criminal law, culminating in his current role as a federal district judge in Maryland ### Education - Yale Law School — J.D. (2011) - Morgan State University — B.A. (1999) ### Additional information - Named identity theft coordinator in 2018 and Deputy Chief of the Major Crimes Section in 2020 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2012-2014 - Date of birth: 1977 - Judge Maddox is a member of the Bars of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. - He is also affiliated with the Maryland State Bar Association - Birth place: Rossville ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761321) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761321) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761321) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Matthew James Maddox](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761321) - [Wikidata: Matthew J. Maddox](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117229600) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-james-maddox", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/matthew-james-maddox", "name": "Matthew James Maddox | KnowJudges", "description": "Matthew James Maddox, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.