John A. Horn
{{Short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = John A. Horn
| image = John A. Horn.jpg
| office = United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
| predecessor = Sally Yates
| president = Barack Obama
Donald Trump
| successor = B. J. Pak
| termend = October 2017
| termstart = January 2015
| birth_name = John Andrew Horn{{Cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/mr-john-andrew-horn-864311/|title=Mr. John Andrew Horn Profile | Atlanta, GA Lawyer | Martindale.com|website=www.martindale.com|accessdate=1 May 2023}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|09|07}}United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Georgia, Virginia, 1993-2009)
| education = College of William & Mary (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)
}}John Andrew Horn (born September 7, 1968) is an American attorney. Currently with the law firm King & Spalding, he is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/former-us-attorneys|title=Former U.S. Attorneys for the Northern District of Georgia {{!}} USAO-NDGA {{!}} Department of Justice|website=justice.gov|date=30 October 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-03-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/12/07/john-horn-named-u-s-attorney-for-the-northern.html|title=John Horn named U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia |website=bizjournals.com|access-date=2018-03-24}}
Education and legal career
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office in 2002, Horn was an associate in the special matters group at King & Spalding. Before that, Horn clerked for Judge Harold L. Murphy of the Northern District of Georgia, and for Stanley F. Birch, Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He obtained his undergraduate degree at William and Mary, and his J.D. in 1996 from the University of Virginia School of Law.
United States Attorney
During his 15-year tenure with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta, Horn served as deputy chief of the Narcotics & Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, then Appellate Division chief and first assistant U.S. attorney under Sally Yates.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2018/03/26/john-horn-joins-king-spaldings-growing-ranks-of-ex-us-attorneys/?kw=John%20Horn%20Joins%20King%20&%20Spalding's%20Growing%20Ranks%20of%20Ex-US%20Attorneys&et=editorial&bu=Daily%20Report&cn=20180326&src=EMC-Email&pt=Afternoon%20News|title=John Horn Joins King & Spalding's Growing Ranks of Ex-US Attorneys {{!}} Daily Report|work=Daily Report|access-date=2018-03-26}} Horn became acting U.S. attorney after then-President Barack Obama nominated Yates as Deputy Attorney General.{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/almID/1202800186722/John-Horn-Bids-Farewell-as-US-Attorney-in-Atlanta/?mcode=1202617074542&curindex=1|title=John Horn Bids Farewell as U.S. Attorney in Atlanta {{!}} Daily Report|work=Daily Report|access-date=2018-03-24}} When Horn's term expired in December 2015, the judges of the Northern District of Georgia issued a court order officially naming him as U.S. Attorney for the district. The court order bypassed the Senate confirmation process, allowing Horn to serve as U.S. Attorney until the President nominated, and the Senate confirmed, his successor.
References
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Category:United States attorneys for the Northern District of Georgia
Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
Category:College of William & Mary alumni