The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee is the chief federal law enforcement officer in forty-one Tennessee counties. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney. Bill Killian, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010, is the current U.S. Attorney for the District.
The office is headquartered in Knoxville, and maintains staffed offices in Greeneville and Chattanooga, and an unstaffed office in Winchester.
The Knoxville Division handles cases from fourteen counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union.
The Chattanooga Division handles cases from nine counties: Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie.
The Winchester Division handles cases from eight counties: Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, Van Buren, and Warren.
The Greeneville Division handles cases from ten counties: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington.
Edward Scott, 1805–1807James Temble, 1807–1808Hugh Lawson White, 1808–1809James Temble, 1809–1810John McCampbell, 1810–1821Pryor Lea, 1821–1828John A. McKinney, 1828–1840George W. Churchill, 1840–1843Crawford W. Hall, 1843–1844Thomas C. Lyon, 1844–1850Samuel R. Rodgers, 1850–1853J. C. Ramsey, 1853Richard J. Hays, 1853–1857J. C. Ramsey, 1857–1861John L. Hopkins, 1861John M. Fleming, 1861E. C. Camp, 1869–1876George Andrews, 1876–1879Xenophon Wheeler, 1879–1883James M. Meek, 1883–1885James C. J. Williams, 1885–1889Hugh B. Lindsay, 1889–1893James H. Bible, 1893–1897James E. Mayfield, 1897William D. Wright, 1897–1905James R. Penland, 1905–1910James B. Cox, 1910–1913Lewis M. Coleman, 1913–1917Wesley T. Kennerly, 1917–1921George C. Taylor, 1921–1928Everett Greer, 1928–1930William J. Carter, 1930–1933James B. Frazier, Jr., 1933–1948Otto T. Ault, 1948–1953John H. Reddy, 1953John C. Crawford, Jr., 1953–1961John H. Reddy, 1961–1969Robert E. Simpson, 1969John L. Bowers, Jr., 1969–1977Robert E. Simpson, 1977John H. Cary, 1977–1981William T. Dillard, 1981John W. Gill, Jr., 1981–1991Jerry G. Cunningham, 1991–1993David G. Dake, 1993Guy W. Blackwell, 1993Carl K. Kirkpatrick, 1993–2001James R. Dedrick, 2001Harry S. Mattice, Jr., 2001–2005James R. Dedrick, 2005–2010Greg Sullivan, 2010William C. Killian, 2010–