Adair Ford Boroughs Explained

Adair Ford Boroughs
Office:United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
Term Start:July 26, 2022
Appointer:Joe Biden
Predecessor:Peter M. McCoy Jr.
Birth Date:[1]
Party:Democratic
Education:Furman University (BS)
Stanford University (JD)

Adair Ford Boroughs (born 1979 or 1980) is an American lawyer who serves as the United States attorney for the District of South Carolina.

Education

Boroughs received a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, from Furman University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2007.[2]

Career

Boroughs served as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Tax Division from 2007 to 2013. She then served as a law clerk for Judge Richard Gergel of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina from 2013 to 2017. From 2017 to 2019, she was the executive director of Charleston Legal Access. She is the founding partner of Boroughs Bryant, LLC, where she practiced from 2021 until her confirmation as U.S. attorney in 2022.[2]

U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina

On June 6, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Boroughs to be the United States attorney for the District of South Carolina.[3] On July 14, 2022, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by voice vote; senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn were recorded as "no" votes.[4] [5] On July 21, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.[6] She was sworn into office on July 26, 2022.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 23, 2022 . Adair Ford Boroughs to Be SC's Next US Attorney . September 20, 2022 . U.S. News & World Report.
  2. President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys, Two to Serve as U.S. Marshals . June 6, 2022 . The White House . Washington, D.C. . June 6, 2022.
  3. Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate . June 6, 2022 . The White House . Washington, D.C. .
  4. Web site: July 14, 2022 . Executive Business Meeting . August 2, 2022 . www.judiciary.senate.gov . en.
  5. Judiciary Committee Advances Nominations of Critical Law Enforcement Positions . July 14, 2022 . . Washington D.C. . August 2, 2022.
  6. Web site: July 21, 2022 . PN2210 - Nomination of Adair Ford Boroughs for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . August 2, 2022 . www.congress.gov.
  7. Adair Ford Boroughs Sworn In As United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina . July 26, 2022 . U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina . . August 2, 2022.

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