Brandon Fremin | |
Office1: | United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana |
President1: | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Term Start1: | February 23, 2018 |
Term End1: | February 28, 2021 |
Predecessor1: | James Walter Frazer Green |
Successor1: | Ronald C. Gathe |
Birth Name: | Brandon Joseph Himpler |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1974 |
Birth Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Education: | Southeastern Louisiana University (BA) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (JD) |
Brandon Joseph Fremin (born April 9, 1974) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana from 2018 to 2021.
Fremin received his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Southeastern Louisiana University, and his Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1994, where he served until 2002 when he was honorably discharged as a platoon sergeant.
He previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the District Attorney for the 19th Judicial District of Louisiana and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana. Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, he served as the Director of the Criminal Division for the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General.[1]
On November 1, 2017, Fremin was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana.[2] On February 8, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[3] On February 15, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote. He was sworn into office on February 23, 2018.[4]
On February 8, 2021, he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.[5] He submitted his resignation on February 18, effective February 28.[6]