Adair Ford Boroughs (born 1979 or 1980) is an American lawyer who served as the

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for the District of South Carolina from 2022 to 2025.

Education

Boroughs received a

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

, ''

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'', from

Furman University Furman University is a private university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1826 and named after Baptist pastor Richard Furman, the Liberal arts college, liberal arts university is the oldest private institution of higher l ...

in 2002 and a

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from

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in 2007.

Career

Boroughs served as a trial attorney in the

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from 2007 to 2013. She then served as a law clerk for Judge

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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.

U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina

On June 6, 2022, President

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nominated Boroughs to be the United States attorney for the District of South Carolina. On July 14, 2022, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by

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; senators

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and

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were recorded as "no" votes. On July 21, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the

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. She was sworn into office on July 26, 2022.

References

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