Former U.S. Attorneys for the Northern District of Georgia


U.S. Attorney	Years Served
Emory Speer	1883-1885
Ben H. Hill, Jr.	1885-1889
Sion A. Darnell	1889-1893
Joseph S. James	1893-1897
Edgar A. Angier	1897-1905
Farish C. Tate	1905-1913
Hooper Alexander	1913-1921
Clint W. Hager	1921-1934
Lawrence S. Camp	1934-1942
M. Neil Andrews	1942-1946
J. Ellis Mundy	1946-1953
James W. Dorsey	1953-1959
Charles D. Read, Jr.	1959-1961
Charles L. Goodson	1961-1969
John W. Stokes, Jr.	1969-1977
William L. Harper	1977-1981
Larry D. Thompson	1982-1986
Robert L. Barr, Jr.	1986-1990
Joe D. Whitley	1990-1993
Kent B. Alexander	1994-1997
Richard H. Deane, Jr.	1998-2001
William S. Duffey, Jr.	2001-2004
David E. Nahmias	2004-2009
Sally Quillian Yates	2010-2015
* John A. Horn	2015-2017
Byung J. "BJay" Pak	2017-2021
* Kurt R. Erskine	2021-2022
Ryan K. Buchanan	2022-2025

* Judiciary Appointed

Updated November 13, 2025