What is James Joseph Brady?
[[File:James J. Brady.jpg|right|200px]] '''James Joseph Brady''' (February 29, 1944 – December 9, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. He served as the [[United States federal judge|District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana]] from 2000 until his death in 2017. He was appointed by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Brady was active at the time of his death and had been scheduled to preside over a case of an individual charged with attempting to steal President [[Donald Trump]]'s tax returns, with jury selection scheduled to begin just two days after his death. Brady died in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] on December 9, 2017 of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/37032828/judge-dies-days-before-trial-of-private-eye-over-trump-taxes|title=Judge dies days before trial of private eye over Trump taxes|publisher=|access-date=2017-12-10|archive-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316224859/http://www.katc.com/story/37032828/judge-dies-days-before-trial-of-private-eye-over-trump-taxes|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/brady-james-j. FJC Bio] {{DEFAULTSORT:Brady, James Joseph}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Lawyers from St. Louis, Missouri]] [[Category:Politicians from St. Louis, Missouri]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}