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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 6, 2022

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Francis M. “Trey” Hamilton III as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanoogan.com reports. Hamilton replaces Republican-appointee J. Douglas Overbey, who stepped down at the request of the Biden administration. Chief U.S. District Judge Travis R. McDonough administered the oath to Hamilton at the Joel W. Solomon Federal Courthouse in Chattanooga. Hamilton had been serving as acting U.S. attorney since March 1, 2021. He first joined the office as an assistant U.S. attorney in 2002. Hamilton earned his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law. Following law school he served as law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Jerome Turner in the Western District of Tennessee. The interim appointment is for 120 days or until a presidential appointment is made, whichever occurs first.