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Biography
Jay E. Town is an American lawyer and government official who has served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama since August 2017. Prior to assuming his current role, he was a senior prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney's Office.
Education and career
Town received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1995 and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1998. Town was a Judge Advocate General in the United States Marine Corps, where he served on active duty and as a reservist for twelve years achieving the rank of Major.
From 2002 to 2005, Town served as an associate at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter. From 2005 to 2017, he was a prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney's Office.
U.S. Attorney
In June 2017, Town was announced as Donald Trump's nominee to become the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. He was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017. Town was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama on August 11, 2017, by Chief District Judge Karon O. Bowdre.