Thomas Gray Walker (born 1964) was the
United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (in case citations, E.D.N.C.) is the United States district court that serves the eastern 44 counties in North Carolina. Appeals from the Eastern District of North Caroli ...
.
Early life and education
Walker was born in 1964 in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
Walker graduated from
Baylor University (1986) and the
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (also known as Campbell Law School or Campbell University School of Law) is a private law school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1976, the law school is one of six graduate programs ...
at
Campbell University (1990).
Career
At the time of his confirmation in 2011, Walker was a partner at
Alston & Bird, LLP, where he had worked since 2003. Prior to that, Walker worked as special counsel to
North Carolina Attorney General Roy A. Cooper
Roy Asberry Cooper III (born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician, serving as the 75th governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 ...
, from 2001 to 2003. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the
Western District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (in case citations, W.D.N.C.) is a federal district court which covers the western third of North Carolina.
Appeals from the Western District of North Carolina are ta ...
from 1994 to 2001 and an Assistant District Attorney for
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from 1990 to 1994.
Walker announced his intention on December 22, 2015, to resign his post as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina effective January 7, 2016.
References
External links
President Obama nominates four U.S. attorneysWRAL: Senate confirms Walker as new US Attorney
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1964 births
Living people
Baylor University alumni
Campbell University alumni
North Carolina Democrats
United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of North Carolina
People from Atlanta
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American lawyers