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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 3, 2025

President Donald Trump on July 1 nominated Braden Boucek for U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee. According to The Tennessean, Boucek has 10 years of experience as a federal prosecutor, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in Nashville from 2011-2015 and in the Western District of Tennessee from 2005-2011. He started his career in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office, followed by two years as an assistant district attorney in Williamson County. Most recently he was vice president of legal affairs at the Beacon Center before joining the Southeastern Legal Foundation as senior vice president of litigation. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Boucek would replace acting U.S. Attorney Rob McGuire, who plans to stay in the office after his interim role ends. The nomination came the same day Trump nominated Michael Dunavant to serve as the U.S attorney in the state’s Western District.