Timothy A. Garrison Explained

Tim Garrison
Office:United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
President:Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Term Start:January 5, 2018
Term End:February 28, 2021
Interim: January 5, 2018 – April 26, 2018
Predecessor:Tammy Dickinson
Successor:Teresa A. Moore (acting)
Birth Name:Timothy Allen Garrison
Birth Place:Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Education:Drury University (BS)

Marine Corps OCS
Marine Corps University EWS
Allegiance: United States
Branch:
USMC Reserve
Serviceyears:2003–2007 (active)
2007–present (reserve)
Rank:Lieutenant colonel

Timothy Allen Garrison (born 1976) is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Education

Garrison earned a Bachelor of Science from Drury University, and a Master of Public Administration and Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri.[2] He graduated from the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School in 2003. He is also a graduate of the Marine Corps University Expeditionary Warfare School and Command and Staff College.[3]

Legal career and military prosecutor

Before becoming a federal prosecutor, Garrison was a prosecutor in the United States Marine Corps. He also received the United States Army Judge Advocate General School's trial advocacy award. Now a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, Garrison served as Deputy Legal Counsel in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at The Pentagon.[4]

From 2007 to 2018, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Missouri, prosecuting interstate and international drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, and other offenses. He is a recipient of the Missouri Bar Foundation award for appellate advocacy before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

U.S. Attorney

On February 16, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Garrison to be the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. On February 27, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] On April 26, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by voice vote.[6]

On February 8, 2021, he along with 55 other U.S. attorneys were asked to resign.[7] On February 11, Garrison announced his resignation effective February 28.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-02-11. U.S. Attorney in western Missouri submits resignation. 2021-02-12. AP NEWS.
  2. Web site: February 16, 2018 . President Donald J. Trump Announces Eleventh Wave of United States Attorney Nominees . . . February 16, 2018.
  3. U.S. Attorney Garrison Announces Resignation . 2021-02-11 . United States Attorney's Office . Kansas City, Missouri . en . 2021-02-12.
  4. Web site: Meet the U.S. Attorney . Justice.gov . 17 April 2020.
  5. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/thirteen-nominations-one-withdrawal-sent-senate-today/ "Thirteen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, February 27, 2018
  6. Web site: 2018-04-26 . PN1657 – Nomination of Timothy A. Garrison for Department of Justice, 115th Congress (2017–2018) . 2021-02-28 . www.congress.gov.
  7. Web site: Justice Dept. seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys. Michael. Balsamo . Washington Post . February 9, 2021 . February 11, 2021.