Judge Ed Bryant

By Kleinheider Posted on December 12, 2008 at 9:25 am

The U.S. Attorney, Congressman and two-time Senate candidate now wears the robes:

The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Mr. Ed Bryant will be sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Jackson, Tennessee.

Judge Bryant received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Mississippi. Following law school, he served in the U.S. Army as a Captain, JAGC from 1973-1979. Judge Bryant was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 1991-1993, and he has most recently been a partner with the Jackson, Tennessee law firm of Waldrop and Hall P.A.

Magistrate Judge Bryant will be filling the position vacated by Judge S. Thomas Anderson when he was appointed to the District Court bench by President George W. Bush earlier this year. Judge Bryant will serve in the Eastern Division of the District and will have chambers in Jackson, Tennessee.

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