The United States attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee is the chief federal law enforcement officer in forty-one Tennessee counties. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney. Francis M. (Trey) Hamilton III is the current U.S. attorney for the District.
Organization
The office is headquartered in Knoxville, and maintains staffed offices in Greeneville and Chattanooga, and an unstaffed office in Winchester.About the District, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee. Retrieved: 1 February 2013.
The Knoxville Division handles cases from fourteen counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union.
The Chattanooga Division handles cases from nine counties: Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie.
The Winchester Division handles cases from eight counties: Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, Van Buren, and Warren.
The Greeneville Division handles cases from ten counties: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington.
List of U.S. attorneys for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Edward Scott, 1805–1807The Bicentennial Celebration of the United States , U.S. Department of Justice Document Set 16, 1994. Retrieved: 1 February 2013. James Temble, 1807–1808 Hugh Lawson White, 1808–1809 James Temble, 1809–1810 John McCampbell, 1810–1821 Pryor Lea, 1821–1828 John A. McKinney, 1828–1840 George W. Churchill, 1840–1843 Crawford W. Hall, 1843–1844 Thomas C. Lyon, 1844–1850 Samuel R. Rodgers, 1850–1853 J. C. Ramsey, 1853 Richard J. Hays, 1853–1857 J. C. Ramsey, 1857–1861 John L. Hopkins, 1861 John M. Fleming, 1861 E. C. Camp, 1869–1876 George Andrews, 1876–1879 Xenophon Wheeler, 1879–1883 James M. Meek, 1883–1885 James C. J. Williams, 1885–1889 Hugh B. Lindsay, 1889–1893 James H. Bible, 1893–1897 James E. Mayfield, 1897 William D. Wright, 1897–1905 James R. Penland, 1905–1910 James B. Cox, 1910–1913 Lewis M. Coleman, 1913–1917 Wesley T. Kennerly, 1917–1921 George C. Taylor, 1921–1928 Everett Greer, 1928–1930 William J. Carter, 1930–1933 James B. Frazier Jr., 1933–1948 Otto T. Ault, 1948–1953 John H. Reddy, 1953 John C. Crawford Jr., 1953–1961 John H. Reddy, 1961–1969 Robert E. Simpson, 1969 John L. Bowers Jr., 1969–1977 Robert E. Simpson, 1977 John H. Cary, 1977–1981 William T. Dillard, 1981 John W. Gill Jr., 1981–1991 Jerry G. Cunningham, 1991–1993 David G. Dake, 1993 Guy W. Blackwell, 1993 Carl K. Kirkpatrick, 1993–2001 James R. Dedrick, 2001"Sandy Mattice to Get Appointment as U.S. Attorney," The Chattanoogan.com, 2 August 2001. Retrieved: 1 February 2013. Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr., 2001–2005 James R. Dedrick, 2005–2010"Retiring U.S. Attorney Earns Praise for Implementing Task Forces," Knoxville News Sentinel, 27 June 2010. Retrieved: 1 February 2013. Greg Sullivan, 2010 William C. Killian, 2010-2015 Nancy Stallard Harr, 2016-2017 Doug Overbey, 2017-2021 Francis "Trey" Hamilton III, 2021-Present
See also United States Attorney for the District of Tennessee
References
External links Official site