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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 22, 2025

Michael Dunavant was sworn in Oct. 10 as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris administered the oath of office during a brief ceremony at the Odell Horton Federal Building in Memphis, according to a press release. Dunavant was nominated by President Donald Trump in June and confirmed by the U.S. Senate earlier this month. He is serving for the second time as the president-appointed, Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for the district. He also is the first person to hold the position twice after previously serving from 2017 to 2021 during Trump’s first administration. A native of Ripley, Dunavant earned his law degree with honors from the University of Mississippi and has practiced law in Tennessee since 1995.