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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 28, 2022

Kevin G. Ritz was sworn in today as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. In a brief ceremony at the federal courthouse in Memphis, Chief U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson administered the oath of office, in front of Ritz’s family and colleagues. Ritz, a native Memphian, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 22. He previously was an assistant U.S. attorney in the narcotics unit. He later served as appellate chief and special counsel. From 2008 to 2016, Ritz was an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis School of Law. From 2020 to 2021, he was chair of the TBA’s Appellate Practice Section. Read more about Ritz in a release from the Department of Justice.