Dunavant held the role during Trump's first term, leaving in 2021 after now-former President Joe Biden was sworn in.

U nited States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz announced his retirement on Wednesday, Sept 18., 2024. His resignation is effective immediately.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Ritz as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Thursday. President Joe Biden nominated Ritz in July to succeed D. Michael Dunavant, President Donald ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed West Tennessee federal prosecutor Kevin Ritz to a spot on the federal appeals bench Monday. The Senate voted 48 to 46, mostly along party lines, to approve President Joe ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kevin Ritz, currently U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz speaks while surrounded by FBI Memphis Special Agent in Charge Douglas DePodesta, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the ...

Ritz, who was confirmed in a 48-46 vote, served as an assistant U.S. attorney before Biden appointed him U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee in 2022.

Kevin Ritz, the U.S. attorney in West Tennessee, speaks during a news conference, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., about a crackdown on devices that turn semiautomatic firearms into ...

Kevin Ritz, the U.S. attorney in West Tennessee, says switches “threaten public safety and make the gun violence problem even worse.” ...

Ritz began working in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Tennessee in 2005, holding a number of positions including appellate chief from 2018 until 2022, criminal appellate ...

Kevin Ritz, the U.S. attorney in West Tennessee, speaks during a news conference, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., about a crackdown on devices that turn semiautomatic firearms into ...

Here's what you need to know ahead of a full Senate confirmation vote for Kevin Ritz's nomination to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.