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Edward Stanton
United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee
In office August 16, 2010 – February 28, 2017
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	David Kustoff
Succeeded by	D. Michael Dunavant
Personal details
Born	Edward Lesley Stanton III 1972 (age 51–52) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Memphis

Edward Lesley Stanton III (born 1972) is a former United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Biography

Stanton was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1972 and is a lifelong Memphian, graduating from Central High School in Memphis. Stanton received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1994 from the University of Memphis. He received a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis. A member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Stanton was initiated into the University of Memphis chapter (Kappa Eta) in 1991. He began his career as an associate in the Law Offices of Charles E. Carpenter, P.C., from 1997 to 2000. He served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Memphis Law Division, from 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he was an associate in the Memphis office of the law firm Armstrong Allen PLLC. From 2002 to 2010, he was senior counsel in the litigation department of FedEx. From 2010 to 2017, he served as United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.

Service as United States attorney

On April 14, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Stanton to be United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, in lieu of David F. Kustoff, who had resigned. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 24, 2010 and he was confirmed by voice vote on August 5, 2010. He received his commission and was sworn in on August 16, 2010. He resigned on February 28, 2017.

Expired nomination to district court

On May 21, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Stanton to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, to the seat being vacated by Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr., who took senior status on July 1, 2015. He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2015. On October 29, 2015 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.

References

1. Official Biography at the Department of Justice
2. "Profile at Main Justice". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
3. "President Obama Nominates Edward L. Stanton III to Serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee" White House, May 21, 2015
4. "President Obama Nominates Seven to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" White House, April 14, 2010
5. "Presidential Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate" White House, April 14, 2010
6. The Wiley Report
7. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, May 21, 2015
8. "Nominations", United States Senate Judiciary Committee, September 30, 2015
9. United States Senate Judiciary Committee: Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 29, 2015

• 1972 births
• Living people
• 20th-century American lawyers
• 21st-century American lawyers
• Lawyers from Memphis, Tennessee
• United States Attorneys for the Western District of Tennessee
• University of Memphis alumni
• 20th-century African-American lawyers
• Central High School (Memphis, Tennessee) alumni