John "Jay" Edward Town is an American attorney and former government official who served as the

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for the Northern District of Alabama from August 2017 to July 2020. Town had previously served as a senior prosecutor in the Madison County District Attorney's Office.

Education

Town received his

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degree from the

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in 1995 and his

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degree from

Seton Hall University School of Law Seton Hall University School of Law is the law school of Seton Hall University, and is located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Seton Hall Law is the only private law school in New Jersey, and, according to the ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranking ...

in 1998. Town was a Judge Advocate General in the

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, where he served on active duty and as a reservist for twelve years, achieving the rank of major.

Career

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. He also served on the executive committee of the

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. In June 2017, Town was announced as

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's nominee to become the

for the Northern District of Alabama. He was confirmed to the position by the

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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

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. Town chaired or served on a number of committees during his tenure, including the China Initiative and the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. On July 10, 2020, Town announced he would resign as U.S. Attorney effective July 15, 2020. Town is now the Vice President and General Counsel at Gray Analytics, a military defense and cybersecurity contractor located in Huntsville, Alabama.

References

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