Brandon Brown
United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana
Assumed office
December 10, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid C. Joseph
Personal details
Born
Brandon Bonaparte Brown

1981 (age 42–43)
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationLouisiana Tech University (BA, MBA)
Southern University (JD)

Brandon Bonaparte Brown (born 1981)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana since 2021.

Education

Brown earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 and a Master of Business Administration in 2004 from Louisiana Tech University, followed by a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the Southern University Law Center.[2]

Career

From 2007 to 2012, Brown served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the Ouachita Parish District Attorney's Office. He was also an associate at Hammonds, Sills, Adkins & Guice, LLP in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From 2012 to 2021, he has served as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana.[3]

U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana

On November 12, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Brown to serve as the United States attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.[2] On November 15, 2021, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[4] On December 2, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[5] On December 7, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[6] He was sworn into office on December 10, 2021.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Announces First U.S. Marshal Nominees and Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Shreveport man pleads guilty to drug distribution, firearm offense". www.justice.gov. February 21, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "PN1373 - Nomination of Brandon B. Brown for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "Brandon B. Brown Sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana" (Press release). Shreveport, Louisiana: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
Legal offices Preceded byAlexander C. Van HookActing United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana 2021–present Incumbent
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