R. Andrew Murray is an American attorney who served as the

United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal ...

for the

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from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as the elected Mecklenburg County

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. Prior to becoming the District Attorney of Mecklenburg County in 2011, Murray was an Assistant District Attorney in Mecklenburg County and a criminal defense attorney and managing partner in a North Carolina law firm. He enlisted in the

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in 1980 and was later commissioned as an officer in the

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. In 2016, he retired as a captain after 35 years of service. Murray was recommended for the position of U.S. Attorney by

Richard Burr Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2005 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United Stat ...

and

Thom Tillis Thomas Roland Tillis ( ; born August 30, 1960) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Tillis served in the North Carolina House ...

, the U.S. senators from North Carolina. As a U.S. Attorney, Murray runs an office that prosecutes criminal and civil cases in an area covering 32 counties and 2.9 million people. On November 9, 2017, he was confirmed to be the

for the

. He was sworn in on November 27, 2017. On February 8, 2021, he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign. On February 16, he announced his resignation, effective February 28.

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Biography at U.S. Department of Justice
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