Career
Bragdon worked as an associate at Burr and Forman in their Birmingham,Alabama office from 2003 to 2006. He then clerked for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court from 2006 to 2007. [1] Bragdon was hired to be an assistant United States attorney for the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in 2007. He was promoted to chief of appeals for that office in 2021. [2]
Nomination to district court
On August 22,2025,President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bragdon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina vacated by Judge Loretta Copeland Biggs. [3] The nomination was transmitted to the United States Senate on September 15,2025. [4] On September 17,2025,a confirmation hearing was held for him and other nominees before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [5] Democrats on the committee questioned Bragdon about his writings on abortion and religious liberty from when he was in college. He pointed out that those writings were from more than 20 years ago. [6] On October 9,2025,the committee voted in favor of his nomination by a 12–10 party-line vote. [7] On December 1,2025,the U.S. Senate voted to invoke cloture on his nomination by a vote of 50–41. [8] The following day,his nomination was confirmed by a 53–45 vote. [9] He received his judicial commission on December 12,2025. [10]
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